Display a promo bar with message, countdown timer, and button in your site header or footer – ideal for Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers.
40
Score
472
Errors
45
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance98
Maintainability80
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
273
7 issue groups
I18n
228
3 issue groups
Maintainability
14
5 issue groups
Performance
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 '$args[$property.'_icon']'.238
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 238
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args[$property.'_icon']'.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'header-promo' but got 'csf'.226
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 226
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'header-promo' but got 'csf'.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this->unique]8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this->unique]
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST[$this->unique] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST[$this->unique] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentFound call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
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.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated or sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _SERVER: "://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]"2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _SERVER: "://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]"
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WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
- 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.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to esc_html__() 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.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Header Promo – Show Top Bar Message or Call to Action" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Header Promo".
ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched Requires at least: 6.2 != 5.2. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
38
External assets
4
Incoming endpoints
7
Notable Domains
codestarframework.com10 · outbound
bplugins.com3 · outbound
nominatim.openstreetmap.org2 · outbound
openstreetmap.org2 · outbound
codestarthemes.com1 · outbound
miohtama.github.com1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
github.com6 · platform/reference
wordpress.org4 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
ps.w.org1 · platform/reference
w3.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
cdn.jsdelivr.net7 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints7
wp_ajax_csf_authenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_csf-chosenauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_csf-exportauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_csf-get-iconsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_csf-get-shortcode-authenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_csf-importauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_csf-resetauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.1.1
40
Latest
- Findings
- 517
- Errors
- 472
- Warnings
- 45
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40 | 517 | 472 | 45 | v1.1.1 | 2.0.0 |
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