Social Comments by Heateor

Integrate Facebook Comments, Vkontakte Comments and/or Disqus Comments along with default comment form at your website

v1.6.3Heateor SupportUpdated Added 700 installs94% rating
35
Score
285
Errors
35
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability58

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

320 findings

Security

209

6 issue groups

Maintainability

100

10 issue groups

I18n

9

4 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.117
Category
Security
Occurrences
117
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$commentingHtml'.78
Category
Security
Occurrences
78
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "delete_site_option()" requires WordPress 2.8.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.5.0.71
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
71
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "delete_site_option()" requires WordPress 2.8.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.5.0.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$commentsOrder".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$commentsOrder".

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.6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_heateor_sc_meta']5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['_heateor_sc_meta'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

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WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORMaintainabilityDiscouraged WordPress constant usage: TEMPLATEPATH2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Found usage of constant "TEMPLATEPATH". Use get_template_directory() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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.

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.

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped Strings1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<strong>Note: </strong>'

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'Disable Social Comments on this '.$post_type

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Social Comments by Heateor" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Heateor Social Comments".

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 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.

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The upgrade notice for "1.4.7" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

12 domains

Outbound calls

29

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

2

Notable Domains

heateor.com9 · outbound
support.heateor.com8 · outbound
disqus.com2 · outbound
facebook.com2 · outbound
deciphertools.com1 · outbound
fbdevwiki.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
translate.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

vk.com1 · asset

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints2
wp_ajax_heateor_sc_gdpr_notification_readauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_heateor_sc_plugin_notification_readauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.6.3

35

Latest

Findings
320
Errors
285
Warnings
35
Check
2.0.0

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