Social Sharing Plugin – Kiwi

This is by far the best free WordPress share plugin. It is simple yet does exactly what it should with plenty of customisation options.

v2.1.8WPKubeUpdated Added 4k+ installs82% rating
41
Score
23
Errors
80
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security8
Repo75
Performance100
Maintainability77

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

103 findings

Maintainability

62

8 issue groups

Security

34

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

5

5 issue groups

I18n

2

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$advanced_shortcode_manager".47
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
47
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$checked'.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE['tab'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE['tab'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "excerpt_length".3
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Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->parent->_token . '_settings_fields'".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->parent->_token . '_settings_fields'".

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ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Social Sharing Plugin - Kiwi" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Kiwi Social Share - Social Media Share Buttons & Icons".

ERRORRepo Compliancemismatched tested up to header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched "Tested up to": 6.5 != 6.2. The "Tested up to" value in the readme file must match the "Tested up to" value in the plugin header. If the plugin header has a "Tested up to" value, it will override the readme value, which can cause confusion.

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.5 < 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 no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires1
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Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires at least: 3.8 != 4.0. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Social Sharing Plugin - Kiwi" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

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Score History

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v2.1.8

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Errors
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Warnings
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