FD Footnotes Plugin

Add elegant looking footnotes to your posts simply and naturally.

v1.36fdUpdated Added 1k+ installs90% rating
77
Score
28
Errors
5
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security69
Repo80
Performance100
Maintainability83

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

33 findings

Maintainability

14

7 issue groups

I18n

9

2 issue groups

Security

6

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

4

4 issue groups

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: FDFOOTNOTE_TEXTDOMAIN8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "__()" requires WordPress 2.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.0.0.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "__()" requires WordPress 2.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.0.0.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGSecurityPlugin menu slug uses __FILE__Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.

ERRORMaintainabilityDiscouraged WordPress constant usage: PLUGINDIRFound usage of constant "PLUGINDIR". Use WP_PLUGIN_DIR instead.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Found usage of constant "PLUGINDIR". Use WP_PLUGIN_DIR instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn 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.1
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.

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.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "FD Footnotes Plugin" is different from the name declared in plugin header "FD Footnotes".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "FD Footnotes Plugin" is different from the name declared in plugin header "FD Footnotes".

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;

ERRORRepo Complianceno licenseMissing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

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ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 4.3 < 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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "FD Footnotes Plugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORMaintainabilitytrunk stable tag1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Incorrect Stable Tag. It's recommended not to use "Stable Tag: trunk". Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.

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Score History

First score snapshot

v1.36

77

Latest

Findings
33
Errors
28
Warnings
5
Check
2.0.0

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