Chartbeat

The Chartbeat plugin automatically adds real-time data and a top pages widget to your blog. See who’s on your site, what they’re doing - right now

v2.0.7ChartbeatUpdated Added 1k+ installs50% rating
42
Score
33
Errors
18
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security7
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability80

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

51 findings

Security

23

6 issue groups

Maintainability

21

7 issue groups

I18n

4

1 issue group

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_widget'.12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "add_chartbeat_config".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "add_chartbeat_config".

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "add_settings_error()" requires WordPress 3.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "add_settings_error()" requires WordPress 3.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued ScriptScripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['cbnonce']2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['cbnonce']

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['cbnonce']. Check that the array index exists before using it.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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

Sample message

$_GET['cbnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceno license1
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 header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 4.7 < 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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

5 domains

Outbound calls

13

External assets

2

Incoming endpoints

2

Notable Domains

chartbeat.com8 · outbound
api.chartbeat.com3 · outbound
apache.org1 · outbound

External Asset Domains

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_cbproxy-submitpublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_cbproxy-submitauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.0.7

42

Latest

Findings
51
Errors
33
Warnings
18
Check
2.0.0

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