Embedly

The Embedly Plugin extends WordPress's auto-embed feature to give your blog more media types and style options.

v4.9.3EmbedlyUpdated Added 2k+ installs70% rating
42
Score
17
Errors
38
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability91

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

55 findings

Security

45

4 issue groups

Maintainability

7

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$base'.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['analytics_key']. Check that the array index exists before using it.11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['analytics_key']10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['analytics_key'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$WP_Embedly".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource 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.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.1
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.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.1
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 classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_Embedly".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

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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.

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Warnings
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