Install a Cookie Notice or Consent Banner as Required by Privacy Laws (GDPR & CCPA).
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
30
6 issue groups
Maintainability
11
2 issue groups
I18n
9
2 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORSecurityregister setting MissingSanitization missing for register_setting().9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$describedby_attr'.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$describedby_attr'.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().8
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_wpnonce']4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_wpnonce']
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _SERVER: "://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]"2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _SERVER: "://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]"
WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Foundload_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.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 6.9 < 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: 6.9 < 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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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 no short description present1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Short Description" section is missing. An excerpt was generated from your main plugin description.
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.
ERRORMaintainabilitytrunk stable tag1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Incorrect Stable Tag. It's recommended not to use "Stable Tag: trunk". Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.8.0
40
Latest
- Findings
- 54
- Errors
- 39
- Warnings
- 15
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40 | 54 | 39 | 15 | v1.8.0 | 2.0.0 |