Create a post and override the author name with one or more names or text. You can also create a link for the author name field
41
Score
35
Errors
36
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability82
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
49
8 issue groups
Maintainability
12
7 issue groups
I18n
9
5 issue groups
Repo Compliance
1
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$col'.12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$col'.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['sfly_guest_author'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['sfly_guest_author'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['post_type']. Check that the array index exists before using it.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['post_type']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['sfly_guest_author_nonce']5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['sfly_guest_author_nonce']
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'guest-author-name' but got 'sfly_guest_author'.5
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'guest-author-name' but got 'sfly_guest_author'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "wp_add_inline_script()" requires WordPress 4.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.1.0.4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_add_inline_script()" requires WordPress 4.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.1.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$g_post_id".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$g_post_id".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
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ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callback1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "sfly_guest_author".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Thanks for installing our plugin Simply Guest Author Name! <a target="_blank" href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/guest-author-name/reviews/#new-post">Leave a review</a>, &npsp; <a href="http://plugins.shooflysolutions.com/guest-author-name/" target="_blank">Click here for more details or to go premium!</a> <b>Free 7 day trial</b> | <a href="%s">%s</a>'.
ERRORMaintainabilityinvalid plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin name header in your readme is missing or invalid. Please update your readme with a valid plugin name header. Eg: "=== Example Name ==="
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.9 < 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.
ERRORI18ntextdomain invalid format1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file should only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Found "sfly_guest_author".
External Connections
Not analyzed yet.
Score History
First score snapshot
v4.42
41
Latest
- Findings
- 71
- Errors
- 35
- Warnings
- 36
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41 | 71 | 35 | 36 | v4.42 | 2.0.0 |
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