WP2Social Auto Publish

Publish posts automatically to Facebook page.

v2.4.12f1logicUpdated Added 9k+ installs96% rating100% support resolved
35
Score
643
Errors
215
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo97
Performance98
Maintainability54

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

858 findings

Security

779

9 issue groups

Maintainability

46

14 issue groups

I18n

28

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.292
Category
Security
Occurrences
292
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 '$GLOBALS['edit_flag']'.291
Category
Security
Occurrences
291
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['msg'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar51
Category
Security
Occurrences
51
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['msg']45
Category
Security
Occurrences
45
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['auth_id']. Check that the array index exists before using it.37
Category
Security
Occurrences
37
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.35
Category
Security
Occurrences
35
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.26
Category
Security
Occurrences
26
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() 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.24
Category
I18n
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to __() 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.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%s automatically publishes posts from your blog to your Facebook pages. It allows you to filter posts based on post-types and categories. %s is developed and maintained by'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP2Social Auto Publish" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMixed line endings1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

File has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->query()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 22.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_register_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.

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Score History

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