Humans TXT

Credit the people behind your website in your humans.txt file. Easy to edit, directly within WordPress.

v1.3.1Till KrüssUpdated Added 400 installs100% rating
37
Score
159
Errors
86
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability65

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

245 findings

Security

165

9 issue groups

I18n

41

3 issue groups

Maintainability

37

12 issue groups

Repo Compliance

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 '$checked'.55
Category
Security
Occurrences
55
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.41
Category
Security
Occurrences
41
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().34
Category
I18n
Occurrences
34
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.33
Category
Security
Occurrences
33
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['content']11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['content'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "do_humans".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment6
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_humanstxt_shortcode".

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function create_function() is forbidden

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter _get_meta_table('user') . ' ON ID = user_id WHERE meta_key = "' . $wpdb->get_blog_prefix() . 'user_level" AND CAST(meta_value AS CHAR) != 0 ORDER BY display_name ASC' ) used in $wpdb->get_results()

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found _get_meta_table

WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated function: add_contextual_help1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

add_contextual_help() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.3.0. Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated function: screen_icon1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

screen_icon() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.8.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.

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 like this plugin, why not <a href="%s" title="%s" rel="external">recommend it to others</a> by rating it?'.

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 Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.2 < 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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

9 domains

Outbound calls

15

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

1

Notable Domains

humanstxt.org2 · outbound
pear.php.net1 · outbound
technoreply.com1 · outbound
till.kruss.me1 · outbound
twitter.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org6 · platform/reference
codex.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_humanstxt-previewauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.3.1

37

Latest

Findings
245
Errors
159
Warnings
86
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2.0.0

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