Dashboard Notepad

The very simplest of notepads for your Dashboard.

v1.42Stephanie LearyUpdated Added 10k+ installs92% rating
41
Score
29
Errors
34
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability91

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

63 findings

Security

43

6 issue groups

I18n

13

3 issue groups

Maintainability

4

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['autop']7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['autop']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['autop'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['autop'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to esc_attr_e().6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $options['notepad_size']6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $options['notepad_size']

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['autop']. Check that the array index exists before using it.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$form'.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nDeprecated parameter: load_plugin_textdomain parameter 2The parameter "''" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Use "" instead.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The parameter "''" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Use "" instead.

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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 Complianceno license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 4.1 < 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.

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Warnings
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