External Links Overview

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v1.3.0Christian OttUpdated Added 800 installs100% rating0% support resolved
35
Score
57
Errors
200
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability54

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

257 findings

Maintainability

147

13 issue groups

Security

92

9 issue groups

I18n

17

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$anchor_text_display".65
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
65
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.24
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
24
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().22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
22
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error logerror_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
22
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $placeholders at "DELETE FROM {$table_name} WHERE quelle_id = %d AND link_url IN ($placeholders)"16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $placeholders at "DELETE FROM {$table_name} WHERE quelle_id = %d AND link_url IN ($placeholders)"

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to _n() 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.15
Category
I18n
Occurrences
15
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to _n() 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.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $broken_count_sql13
Category
Security
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $external_table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$external_table_name assigned unsafely at line 339.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $external_table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$external_table_name assigned unsafely at line 339.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $broken_count_sql used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$broken_count_sql assigned unsafely at line 278.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $broken_count_sql used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$broken_count_sql assigned unsafely at line 278.

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ERRORSecurityOutput is not escaped10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations rmdir3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: rmdir().

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['order']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['order'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped Strings2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<span class="seokelo-pending-updates">%d post update waiting.</span>'

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

3 domains

Outbound calls

4

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

6

Notable Domains

seo-kreativ.de2 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

cdn.jsdelivr.net2 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints6
wp_ajax_seokelo_check_links_statusauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_seokelo_get_domain_metricsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_seokelo_get_process_progressauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_seokelo_ignore_link_statusauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_seokelo_process_external_linksauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_seokelo_reset_external_link_statusauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

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v1.3.0

35

Latest

Findings
257
Errors
57
Warnings
200
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2.0.0

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