Display Tweets is an easy to use, future proof Twitter feed plugin that uses PHP to make requests to the v1.1 Twitter REST API.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
121
14 issue groups
Security
100
9 issue groups
I18n
39
2 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$access_token".69
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 69
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$access_token".
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'display-tweets-php' but got 'displaytweets'.37
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 37
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'display-tweets-php' but got 'displaytweets'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.29
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 29
- 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 '"<p>{$this->format_tweet( $tweet->text )}<br /><small class=\"muted\">- {$posted_since}</small></p>"'.25
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<p>{$this->format_tweet( $tweet->text )}<br /><small class=\"muted\">- {$posted_since}</small></p>"'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DT_Widget".13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DT_Widget".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['CONTENT_TYPE']13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['CONTENT_TYPE']
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.12
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_REQUEST['oauth_verifier']. Check that the array index exists before using it.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_REQUEST['oauth_verifier']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['settings'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['settings'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
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ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped6
- 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 '"Expired timestamp, yours $timestamp, ours $now"'.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated or sanitized4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _GET: "displaytweets-save_{$_GET['page']}"
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "CONSUMER_KEY".
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Display Tweets" - contains the restricted term "tweet" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function found2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The use of function create_function() is forbidden
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "twitteroauth_header".
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl getinfo2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'Twitter\'s v1.1 API requires authentication. For this you need to <a href="'. self::$registration_url .'">register an application here</a>. Follow the instructions and that\'s it, you\'re authenticated.'
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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 prepared1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query
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.
ERRORMaintainabilitytimezone change date default timezone set1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using date_default_timezone_set() and similar isn't allowed, instead use WP internal timezone support.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
20
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.0.3
29
Latest
- Findings
- 270
- Errors
- 135
- Warnings
- 135
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29 | 270 | 135 | 135 | v1.0.3 | 2.0.0 |
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