More Widgets

The More Widgets plugin adds extra widgets to use with your widgetized areas within your WordPress site. Use this plugin instead of built-in theme wid …

v1.1WPExplorerUpdated Added 1k+ installs100% rating
35
Score
55
Errors
15
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security31
Repo56
Performance97
Maintainability82

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

70 findings

Security

38

1 issue group

Maintainability

21

8 issue groups

Repo Compliance

7

7 issue groups

Performance

2

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_title']'.38
Category
Security
Occurrences
38
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "mw_newsletter_widget_form_extras".4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax queryDetected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->id_base . '_widget_fields'".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not inUsing exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.2
Category
Performance
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta queryDetected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse urlparse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 2The parameter "array(\n\t\t\t'hide_empty' => false,\n\t\t)" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The parameter "array(\n\t\t\t'hide_empty' => false,\n\t\t)" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

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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.

ERRORSupply ChainHidden files included1
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Hidden files are not permitted.

ERRORRepo Complianceinvalid license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Your plugin has an invalid license declared. Please update your readme with a valid SPDX license identifier.

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.4 < 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
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires at least: 4.0 != 5.7. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires php1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires PHP: 7.4 != 7.0. "Requires PHP" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings no short description present1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Short Description" section is missing. An excerpt was generated from your main plugin description.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

7 domains

Outbound calls

8

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

bit.ly1 · outbound
facebook.com1 · outbound
wpexplorer.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

w3.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

maps.google.com1 · asset

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.1

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Findings
70
Errors
55
Warnings
15
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