Category Editor

Provides the ability to add a fully functional tinymce editor and html plus shortcodes to the category description and tag description to style up the …

v3.8.3kevin heathUpdated Added 8k+ installs90% rating
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54
Errors
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Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability98

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

72 findings

Security

67

7 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

Maintainability

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.26
Category
Security
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cat_data['img']'.24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['Cat_meta']4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['Cat_meta']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['Cat_meta'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['Cat_meta'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['taxonomy']. Check that the array index exists before using it.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['taxonomy']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to _ex().1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceno licenseMissing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 5.6 < 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.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.6 < 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.

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WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The upgrade notice for "2.0" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.

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