News Announcement Scroll is a simple vertical scroll news widget for your WordPress website. Easy to use & no coding knowledge required.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
277
10 issue groups
Maintainability
217
12 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$Ann".139
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 139
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$Ann".
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.103
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 103
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$Ann'.69
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 69
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$Ann'.
ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $gNewsAnnouncementorder39
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $gNewsAnnouncementorder
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['ac']23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['ac']
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['ac'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['ac'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.16
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().14
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "wp_unslash()" requires WordPress 3.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.4.0.14
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_unslash()" requires WordPress 3.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.4.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant FoundGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "NAS_DONATE_URL".9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "NAS_DONATE_URL".
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WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['gNews_date']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "database_update_for_8_8_3".
WARNINGSecurityRecommended5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_register_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protection5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sSql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sSql assigned unsafely at line 55.
WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The upgrade notice for "8.8 (2-05-2016)" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$gNewsAnnouncementtype} at "AND `gNews_type` = '{$gNewsAnnouncementtype}'"
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
- 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 redirect1
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 5.5 < 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 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.
Score History
First score snapshot
v9.1.0
33
Latest
- Findings
- 496
- Errors
- 237
- Warnings
- 259
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33 | 496 | 237 | 259 | v9.1.0 | 2.0.0 |
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