Hide My WP Lite

Hides your WordPress by renaming wp-login.php. Protects against bot attacks.

v1.3templatic1Updated Added 400 installs66% rating
39
Score
24
Errors
62
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo80
Performance100
Maintainability87

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

86 findings

Security

66

7 issue groups

Maintainability

10

6 issue groups

I18n

6

3 issue groups

Repo Compliance

4

4 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['hide_my_wp'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['hide_my_wp'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['hide_my_wp']10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['hide_my_wp']

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']. Check that the array index exists before using it.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'hide-wp-login' but got 'elementor-pro'.4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'hide-wp-login' but got 'elementor-pro'.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse urlparse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Hide My WP Lite" - 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 - "Hide My WP Lite" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.

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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: "HideMyWPLogin".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_USE_THEMES".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variable1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceno license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.9 < 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.

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header invalid plugin uri1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The "Plugin URI" header in the plugin file is not valid.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

3 domains

Outbound calls

3

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

wordpress.com1 · outbound
wpwave.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.3

39

Latest

Findings
86
Errors
24
Warnings
62
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2.0.0

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