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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
11
8 issue groups
Security
9
5 issue groups
I18n
3
2 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_nonce']2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_nonce']
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['_nonce'] 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.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to esc_html__() 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.2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to esc_html__() 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 protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Mailster WordPress Newsletter Plugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Mailster WordPress Newsletter Plugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Foundload_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.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirectwp_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.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
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WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['_nonce']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fsockopen1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fsockopen().
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
ERRORMaintainabilityNo Explicit Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Version parameter is not explicitly set or has been set to an equivalent of "false" for wp_enqueue_script; This means that the WordPress core version will be used which is not recommended for plugin or theme development.
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.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.0.2
69
Latest
- Findings
- 25
- Errors
- 14
- Warnings
- 11
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 69 | 25 | 14 | 11 | v2.0.2 | 2.0.0 |
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