MakeStories (for Google Web Stories)

MakeStories helper plugin to publish stories for your WordPress site

v3.0.4Pratik GhelaUpdated Added 600 installs86% rating
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Score
117
Errors
416
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance94
Maintainability17

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

533 findings

Maintainability

263

16 issue groups

Security

244

6 issue groups

I18n

19

3 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.97
Category
Security
Occurrences
97
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".78
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
78
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['mspage'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar64
Category
Security
Occurrences
64
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "getMSPostDataToSend".60
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
60
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$content'.39
Category
Security
Occurrences
39
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;31
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
31
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DESIGN_OPTIONS".27
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
27
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST["offset"]. Check that the array index exists before using it.23
Category
Security
Occurrences
23
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST["offset"]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print rprint_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain11
Category
I18n
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNo Explicit Version7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
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.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_the_post_thumbnail_url()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Domain4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'makestories-helper' but got 'post type general name'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

18 domains

Outbound calls

22

External assets

10

Incoming endpoints

25

Notable Domains

makestories.io2 · outbound
ss.makestories.io2 · outbound
wpjs.makestories.io2 · outbound
api.makestories.io1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com2 · platform/reference
w3.org2 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

cdn.ampproject.org6 · asset + outbound
onl.st4 · asset

Incoming Endpoints

/wp-json/widget/stories/(?P<id>\d+)REST

register_rest_route

wp_ajax_nopriv_load_post_data_ajaxpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_more_post_ajaxpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_ms_get_site_idpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_ms_upload_image_to_media_librarypublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints20
wp_ajax_load_post_data_ajaxauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_more_post_ajaxauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_change_story_slugauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_delete_postauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_categoriesauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_mediaauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_published_postauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_published_postsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_published_posts_allauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_site_idauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_storiesauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ms_get_widgetauthenticated

wp_ajax

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Errors
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Warnings
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