Category Wise Search

Category Wise Search Widget plugin.You have option search specific category content.

v1.3Shambhu PatnaikUpdated Added 500 installs96% rating
41
Score
58
Errors
9
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security4
Repo86
Performance96
Maintainability82

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

67 findings

Security

36

3 issue groups

Maintainability

14

7 issue groups

I18n

11

2 issue groups

Performance

3

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.27
Category
Security
Occurrences
27
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().9
Category
I18n
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.3
Category
Performance
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'category-wise-search' but got 'text_domain'.2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'category-wise-search' but got 'text_domain'.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag foundPossible use of short open tags detected; found: <?\r\n1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Possible use of short open tags detected; found: <?\r\n

ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function foundThe use of function create_function() is forbidden1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function create_function() is forbidden

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Category Wise Search" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Category Wise Search Widget".

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.1 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "home_url()" requires WordPress 3.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.9.0.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

2 domains

Outbound calls

2

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.3

41

Latest

Findings
67
Errors
58
Warnings
9
Check
2.0.0

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