HT Slider For Elementor

The HT Slider is an Elementor slider plugin that enables you to add advanced sliders to your WordPress website.

v1.7.7HT PluginsUpdated Added 20k+ installs76% rating
50
Score
884
Errors
40
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security24
Repo100
Performance92
Maintainability63

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

924 findings

I18n

867

7 issue groups

Maintainability

29

8 issue groups

Security

22

5 issue groups

Performance

6

2 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'ht-slider-for-elementor' but got "ht-slider".857
Category
I18n
Occurrences
857
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'ht-slider-for-elementor' but got "ht-slider".

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$s_display_none'.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 '$s_display_none'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax queryDetected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$allcat".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['location'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitywp reset query wp reset querywp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to _nx().4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to _nx().

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not inUsing exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, 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.4
Category
Performance
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, 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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "htslier_admin_tabs_on_pages".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "htslier_admin_tabs_on_pages".

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WARNINGSecurityRecommended3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
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.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude2
Category
Performance
Occurrences
2
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.

WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Found1
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $unicid

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 'If you choose HT Slider, make sure you have created slides using the HT Slider post type. You can create slides by clicking %shere%s.'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "HT Slider For Elementor" is different from the name declared in plugin header "HT Slider for Elementor".

WARNINGI18ntextdomain mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file does not match the slug. Found "ht-slider", expected "ht-slider-for-elementor".

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.7.7

50

Latest

Findings
924
Errors
884
Warnings
40
Check
2.0.0

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