The official way to use Font Awesome Free or Pro icons on your WordPress site, brought to you by the Font Awesome team.
90
Score
17
Errors
4
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security89
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability84
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
19
5 issue groups
Security
1
1 issue group
Repo Compliance
1
1 issue group
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;12
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilityNot AllowedUse of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$fa_sub_path".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$fa_sub_path".
WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limitThe upgrade notice for "5.0.1" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The upgrade notice for "5.0.1" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.
ERRORMaintainabilityScanner exceptionAn error occurred during processing; checking has been aborted. The error message was: PHPCSUtils\Utils\PassedParameters::hasParameters(): Argument #2 ($stackPtr) must be of type function call, array, isset, unset or exit; T_THROW given.\nThe error originated in the WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput sniff on line 270.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
An error occurred during processing; checking has been aborted. The error message was: PHPCSUtils\Utils\PassedParameters::hasParameters(): Argument #2 ($stackPtr) must be of type function call, array, isset, unset or exit; T_THROW given.\nThe error originated in the WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput sniff on line 270.
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'base64_encode'.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'base64_encode'.
ERRORRepo Compliancelicense mismatchYour plugin has a different license declared in the readme file and plugin header. Please update your readme with a valid GPL license identifier.1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Your plugin has a different license declared in the readme file and plugin header. Please update your readme with a valid GPL license identifier.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
51
External assets
1
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
fontawesome.com16 · outbound
apache.org2 · outbound
api.fontawesome.com2 · outbound
fb.me2 · outbound
graphql.org2 · outbound
electronjs.org1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org9 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
github.com3 · platform/reference
wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
kit.fontawesome.com2 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
3 score snapshots
v5.2.1
90
Latest
- Findings
- 21
- Errors
- 17
- Warnings
- 4
- Check
- 2.0.0
v5.2.0
90
Score
- Findings
- 21
- Errors
- 17
- Warnings
- 4
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 90 | 21 | 17 | 4 | v5.2.1 | 2.0.0 |
| 90 | 21 | 17 | 4 | v5.2.0 | 2.0.0 |
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