Child Theme Configurator

When using the Customizer is not enough - Create a child theme from your installed themes and customize styles, templates, functions and more.

v2.6.7lilaeamediaUpdated Added 300k+ installs94% rating
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Errors
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability43

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

709 findings

Security

569

9 issue groups

Maintainability

75

12 issue groups

I18n

53

4 issue groups

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.209
Category
Security
Occurrences
209
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$arr'.171
Category
Security
Occurrences
171
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.71
Category
Security
Occurrences
71
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active_tab".37
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
37
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active_tab".

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['error'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar36
Category
Security
Occurrences
36
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.34
Category
Security
Occurrences
34
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[$field]28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[$field]

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.26
Category
I18n
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.

WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped StringsTranslatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<li><a target="_blank" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions" title="Changing File Permissions">Set write permissions on the server manually</a> (not recommended).</li>'19
Category
I18n
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<li><a target="_blank" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions" title="Changing File Permissions">Set write permissions on the server manually</a> (not recommended).</li>'

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[$field]. Check that the array index exists before using it.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ChildThemeConfigurator".

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%sPreview your child theme%s before activating.'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations chmod3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: chmod().

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "LF".

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'child-theme-configurator' but got 'chld_thm_cfg'.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_get_custom_css()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

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