Flexible Posts Widget

An advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!

v3.5.0DaveEUpdated Added 8k+ installs92% rating
41
Score
136
Errors
33
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability85

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

169 findings

Security

112

6 issue groups

I18n

41

1 issue group

Maintainability

14

7 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.68
Category
Security
Occurrences
68
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->text_domain41
Category
I18n
Occurrences
41
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$key".8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['post_category']3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['post_category'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouragedThe use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax queryDetected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityGet terms Param2Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The parameter "$args" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 4.7 < 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.

ERRORMaintainabilityplugin updater detected1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. These are not permitted in WordPress.org hosted plugins. Detected: class FPW_Plugin_Updater

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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Errors
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Warnings
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