Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress

Formerly "Custom Facebook Feed". Display completely customizable Facebook feeds of a Facebook page. Supports Facebook oEmbeds.

v4.8.1Syed BalkhiUpdated Added 200k+ installs94% rating
25
Score
554
Errors
982
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance97
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,536 findings

Maintainability

705

12 issue groups

Security

645

9 issue groups

I18n

113

4 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$avatar_class'.233
Category
Security
Occurrences
233
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$all_sources".134
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
134
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $cache_table_name at "UPDATE $cache_table_name\n123
Category
Security
Occurrences
123
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $cache_table_name at "UPDATE $cache_table_name\n

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.120
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
120
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().116
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
116
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cff_admin_notices".97
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
97
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cff_admin_notices".

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar70
Category
Security
Occurrences
70
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;65
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
65
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameterUnescaped parameter $cache_table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$cache_table_name assigned unsafely at line 397.64
Category
Security
Occurrences
64
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $cache_table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$cache_table_name assigned unsafely at line 397.

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.50
Category
Security
Occurrences
50
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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ERRORMaintainabilitydate date48
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
48
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Code Found43
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
43
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized38
Category
Security
Occurrences
38
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['file']['name']

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment36
Category
I18n
Occurrences
36
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.

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch35
Category
I18n
Occurrences
35
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'custom-facebook-feed' but got ''.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found33
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
33
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text26
Category
I18n
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%sLearn more about custom formats %s'.

ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter22
Category
Security
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $in used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$in assigned unsafely at line 616.

ERRORSecurityNot Prepared17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant Found17
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
17
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain16
Category
I18n
Occurrences
16
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

Score History

First score snapshot

v4.8.1

25

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Findings
1,536
Errors
554
Warnings
982
Check
2.0.0

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