A simple and lightweight plugin to disable XML-RPC API, X-Pingback and pingback-ping in WordPress 3.5+ for a faster and more secure website
35
Score
444
Errors
52
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance98
Maintainability55
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
230
6 issue groups
I18n
223
5 issue groups
Maintainability
37
13 issue groups
Performance
1
1 issue group
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'disable-xml-rpc-api' but got 'SKELET'.219
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 219
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'disable-xml-rpc-api' but got 'SKELET'.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args[$property.'_icon']'.208
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 208
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args[$property.'_icon']'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT".7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "header_1".6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "header_1".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['data']6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['data']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['data'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['data'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentFound call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "PAnD".4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "PAnD".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "dsxmlrpc_action_links".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations chmod2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: chmod().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed namespace1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "dsxmlrpc".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variable1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$prefix".
WARNINGMaintainabilityprevent path disclosure error reporting1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_reporting() can lead to full path disclosure.
ERRORMaintainabilityNo Explicit Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Version parameter is not explicitly set or has been set to an equivalent of "false" for wp_enqueue_script; This means that the WordPress core version will be used which is not recommended for plugin or theme development.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to esc_html__() 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.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'No feed available,please visit our <a href="' . get_bloginfo('url') . '">homepage</a>!'
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v2.1.7
35
Latest
- Findings
- 496
- Errors
- 444
- Warnings
- 52
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35 | 496 | 444 | 52 | v2.1.7 | 2.0.0 |
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