Dashboard Cleaner

Reclaim your admin dashboard: Get rid of annoying banners, unwanted ads and other nuisances.

v1.1.8bruandetUpdated Added 500 installs100% rating
39
Score
40
Errors
91
Warnings
+1
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability75

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

131 findings

Security

101

8 issue groups

Maintainability

20

10 issue groups

I18n

8

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing 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: $_GET['dhcl_nonce']18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['dhcl_nonce']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['dhcl_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
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 '$err'.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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.7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
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.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "wp_get_upload_dir()" requires WordPress 4.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.3.0.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_get_upload_dir()" requires WordPress 4.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.3.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$file".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlinkunlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

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WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated or sanitized1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _GET: "dhcl_menu_{$_GET['dhcltab']}"

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().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations rmdir1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations touch1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1\$s, %2\$s, %3\$s", but got "%s, %s, %s" in "Its settings are saved to the database, but the filters are saved to a file named %s and located inside the %s folder (single installation) or the %s folders (multisite installation).".

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"

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

5 domains

Outbound calls

18

External assets

3

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

nintechnet.com9 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org6 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
github.com1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

foo.com4 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

2 score snapshots

+1
1007550250Jun 25, 2026, 09:13 PM UTC Score 38/100 Plugin v1.1.7 Plugin Check 2.0.0 111 errors, 89 warningsJul 2, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC Score 39/100 Plugin v1.1.8 Plugin Check 2.0.0 40 errors, 91 warningsJun 25, 2026Jul 2, 2026

v1.1.8

39

Latest

Findings
131
Errors
40
Warnings
91
Check
2.0.0

v1.1.7

38

Score

Findings
200
Errors
111
Warnings
89
Check
2.0.0

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