Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager

Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!

v3.38WebFactoryUpdated Added 100k+ installs94% rating
34
Score
32
Errors
307
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability45

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

339 findings

Maintainability

236

15 issue groups

Security

103

6 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$a".124
Category
Maintainability
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124
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cs_ajax_request".52
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
52
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET[$sticky_key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar32
Category
Security
Occurrences
32
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET[$sticky_key] 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;26
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.22
Category
Security
Occurrences
22
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['data']['name']20
Category
Security
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "CSB_CSS_URL".13
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['data']. Check that the array index exists before using it.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_show_replaceable".5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var export2
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Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The parameter "array(\n\t\t\t\t'hide_empty' => false,\n\t\t\t\t'search' => $search,\n\t\t\t)" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations mkdir1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Custom Sidebars - Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Custom Sidebars".

WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The upgrade notice for "0.7" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "sanitize_textarea_field()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.

Score History

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v3.38

34

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Findings
339
Errors
32
Warnings
307
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