News Announcement Scroll

News Announcement Scroll is a simple vertical scroll news widget for your WordPress website. Easy to use & no coding knowledge required.

v9.1.0storeappsUpdated Added 2k+ installs92% rating
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Score
237
Errors
259
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability48

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

496 findings

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

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v9.1.0

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Findings
496
Errors
237
Warnings
259
Check
2.0.0

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