Easily add reviewers, fact-checkers, illustrators, and any other attribution to your WordPress posts and display them towards the post author.
33
Score
240
Errors
162
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo91
Performance98
Maintainability48
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
149
6 issue groups
Security
132
9 issue groups
Maintainability
110
10 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$byline'.83
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 83
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$byline'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.76
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 76
- 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 global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$add_separator".72
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 72
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$add_separator".
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders TextMultiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1\$s, %2\$s", but got "%s, %s" in "%sAdd Multiple Contributors%s. Easily add and manage multiple contributors for each post.".35
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1\$s, %2\$s", but got "%s, %s" in "%sAdd Multiple Contributors%s. Easily add and manage multiple contributors for each post.".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_molongui_contributors/force_inline_dump".21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_molongui_contributors/force_inline_dump".
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET[$nonce] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET[$nonce] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'molongui-post-contributors' but got 'et_builder'.21
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'molongui-post-contributors' but got 'et_builder'.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().12
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[$nonce]11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[$nonce]
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['data']. Check that the array index exists before using it.8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['data']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
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ERRORI18nNo Empty Strings4
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: '%s'
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "et_pb_postinfo_meta".
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_get_list_item_separator()" requires WordPress 6.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.2.0.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $post_id used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$post_id assigned unsafely at line 209.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
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().
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->prefix . '-pointerplus_list'".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Newspaper".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $post_id at "SELECT meta_key, meta_value FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id=$post_id"
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql_query
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variable1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$name".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
207
External assets
8
Incoming endpoints
5
Notable Domains
molongui.com22 · outbound
yandex.com12 · outbound
en.wikipedia.org9 · outbound
mobius.ovh8 · outbound
apple.com4 · outbound
stackoverflow.com4 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
github.com29 · platform/reference
w3.org26 · platform/reference
schema.org22 · platform/reference
opensource.org13 · platform/reference
gnu.org2 · platform/reference
validator.w3.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
cdn.jsdelivr.net22 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
wp_ajax_nopriv_public
wp_ajax
Admin AJAX endpoints4
wp_ajax_contributors_ajax_suggestauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_molongui_send_mailauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_mpb__elementor_fetch_posts_for_controlauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_save_wizard_settingsauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.7.3
33
Latest
- Findings
- 402
- Errors
- 240
- Warnings
- 162
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33 | 402 | 240 | 162 | v1.7.3 | 2.0.0 |
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