New Categories widget in the awesome style! Bring colours to your categories widget - make every category in its colour.
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Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
27
6 issue groups
Maintainability
8
6 issue groups
Repo Compliance
3
3 issue groups
I18n
1
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 '$args['after_title']'.7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_title']'.
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'.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['color'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['color'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ColorfulCategories".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ColorfulCategories".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_REQUEST['taxonomy']. 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: $_REQUEST['taxonomy']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "colorful-categories-not-found".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "colorful-categories-not-found".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['colornonce']1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['colornonce']
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ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
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 Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.8 < 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 Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v2.0.21
41
Latest
- Findings
- 40
- Errors
- 20
- Warnings
- 20
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41 | 40 | 20 | 20 | v2.0.21 | 2.0.0 |
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