Enhanced Category Pages

Create custom enhanced pages for categories and any taxonomy term and manage them as a custom post.

v2.3.0cipUpdated Added 2k+ installs88% rating
55
Score
23
Errors
25
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security28
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability81

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

48 findings

Maintainability

21

7 issue groups

I18n

12

6 issue groups

Security

12

6 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->_translation_domain4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->_translation_domain

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNot AllowedUse of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $this-&gt;_table_categories_posts used in $wpdb-&gt;get_row()2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $this-&gt;_table_categories_posts used in $wpdb-&gt;get_row()

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable {$this-&gt;_table_categories_posts} at \t\t\t\tFROM {$wpdb-&gt;prefix}{$this-&gt;_table_categories_posts}\n2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable {$this-&gt;_table_categories_posts} at \t\t\t\tFROM {$wpdb-&gt;prefix}{$this-&gt;_table_categories_posts}\n

ERRORSecurityHeredoc Output Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found interpolation in unescaped heredoc.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 interpolation in unescaped heredoc.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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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.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORI18nDeprecated parameter: load_plugin_textdomain parameter 21
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.

ERRORI18nInterpolated Variable Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must not contain interpolated variables or expressions. Found: {$taxonomy->labels->name}

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $str

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: 4.5 < 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.

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.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_queried_object()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.1.

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Errors
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Warnings
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