Best all-in-one WordPress security plugin, uses HTTP & HSTS response headers to avoid vulnerabilities: XSS, injection, clickjacking. Force HTTP/HTTPS.
58
Score
41
Errors
18
Warnings
-15
Change
Category Scores
Security32
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability82
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
28
4 issue groups
Security
16
4 issue groups
I18n
14
2 issue groups
Repo Compliance
1
1 issue group
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentOffloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.18
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.13
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 13
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$instance".6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$instance".
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HSTS_SELFCHECK']4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HSTS_SELFCHECK']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_SERVER['HTTP_X_HSTS_SELFCHECK'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_SERVER['HTTP_X_HSTS_SELFCHECK'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$extra'.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$extra'.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
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.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
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ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 7.0 < 7.1. 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.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
53
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
openheaders.org14 · outbound
linkedin.com10 · outbound
yoursite.com9 · outbound
open-headers.lemonsqueezy.com6 · outbound
paypal.com3 · outbound
buymeacoffee.com2 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
wordpress.org4 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
4 score snapshots
v5.3.5
58
Latest
- Findings
- 59
- Errors
- 41
- Warnings
- 18
- Check
- 2.1.0
v5.3.4
73
Score
- Findings
- 48
- Errors
- 38
- Warnings
- 10
- Check
- 2.1.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 58 | 59 | 41 | 18 | v5.3.5 | 2.1.0 |
| 73 | 48 | 38 | 10 | v5.3.4 | 2.1.0 |
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