Responsive WordPress Slider – HG Slider

A responsive image rotator plugin that easily creates WordPress slideshows. Now 100% Organic!

v2.1richardgabrielUpdated Added 7k+ installs76% rating
38
Score
67
Errors
75
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability76

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

142 findings

Security

108

5 issue groups

Maintainability

28

11 issue groups

Repo Compliance

4

4 issue groups

I18n

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.34
Category
Security
Occurrences
34
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$current_style'.24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['animation']13
Category
Security
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['animation'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar13
Category
Security
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.13
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "hg_slider_activate".4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "hg_slider_activate".

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.1
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.

Show 12 more
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

query_posts() is discouraged. Use WP_Query instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'flexslider-hg' but got 'v'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Responsive WordPress Slider - HG Slider" is different from the name declared in plugin header "HG Slider".

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.7 < 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.

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 requires header ignored1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Requires at least" field was ignored. This field should only contain a valid WordPress version such as "7.0" or "6.9".

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 - "Responsive WordPress Slider - HG Slider" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" 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.

External Connections

Not analyzed yet.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.1

38

Latest

Findings
142
Errors
67
Warnings
75
Check
2.0.0

Relationship Map

Author, categories, issues, domains, and nearby plugins.

29 nodes

Related Plugins