The official Material Design plugin for WordPress. Customize your site’s navigation, colors, typography, and shapes, use Material Components, and choo …
60
Score
51
Errors
207
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security50
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability50
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
242
12 issue groups
Security
12
4 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$attributes".173
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 173
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$attributes".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;26
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 26
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilityblock api version too lowEditor blocks must define "apiVersion" 3 or higher in block.json for WordPress 7.0+ iframe editor compatibility.19
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Editor blocks must define "apiVersion" 3 or higher in block.json for WordPress 7.0+ iframe editor compatibility.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_material_design_activation".8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_material_design_activation".
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['materialParamContext'][$context] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['materialParamContext'][$context] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->slug . '_customizer_control_args'".7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->slug . '_customizer_control_args'".
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$response'.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$response'.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $post_types used in $wpdb->get_col()\n$post_types assigned unsafely at line 89.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $post_types used in $wpdb->get_col()\n$post_types assigned unsafely at line 89.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_author".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_author".
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ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated function: get_page_by_title1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
get_page_by_title() has been deprecated since WordPress version 6.2.0. Use WP_Query instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The parameter "[ 'hide_empty' => true ]" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Material Design for WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Material Design".
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.0 < 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 invalid requires php1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The "Requires PHP" header in the plugin file should only contain a PHP version such as "5.2.4" or "7.0".
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.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Material Design for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: auto_update_plugin
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
153
External assets
4
Incoming endpoints
6
Notable Domains
apache.org75 · outbound
images.unsplash.com23 · outbound
material.io19 · outbound
developers.google.com3 · outbound
fonts.google.com2 · outbound
json-schema.org2 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org9 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
github.com1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
Incoming Endpoints
wp_ajax_nopriv_material_design_submit_contact_formpublic
wp_ajax
Admin AJAX endpoints5
wp_ajax_m3_migrate_colorsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_material_design_manage_recaptcha_api_credentialsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_material_design_notification_dismissauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_material_design_submit_contact_formauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_material_m3_noticeauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v0.7.0
60
Latest
- Findings
- 258
- Errors
- 51
- Warnings
- 207
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 60 | 258 | 51 | 207 | v0.7.0 | 2.0.0 |
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