Dashboard Notes

Easily create notes/instructions in the WordPress admin using any widget you like!

v1.0.3MIGHTYminnowUpdated Added 600 installs94% rating
42
Score
27
Errors
34
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security3
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability84

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

61 findings

Security

31

6 issue groups

I18n

14

1 issue group

Maintainability

14

7 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().14
Category
I18n
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "dn_editable_roles".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['id']'.6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['delete_widget']6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['delete_widget'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL']. 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: $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function foundThe use of function wp_get_sidebars_widgets() is forbidden2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function wp_get_sidebars_widgets() is forbidden

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DashboardNotes".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DashboardNotes".

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ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated function: screen_icon1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

screen_icon() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.8.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

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 Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
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.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

4 domains

Outbound calls

4

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

api.drupal.org1 · outbound
mightyminnow.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

gnu.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.0.3

42

Latest

Findings
61
Errors
27
Warnings
34
Check
2.0.0

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