Every CMS site needs a news section. News Manager allows you add, manage and display news, date archives, AJAX Calendar, Categories, Tags and more.
36
Score
134
Errors
57
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability70
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
139
6 issue groups
Maintainability
40
12 issue groups
I18n
8
3 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_POST['date']'.117
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 117
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_POST['date']'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "nm_display_news".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: "nm_display_news".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "nm_display_news".8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "nm_display_news".
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource 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.7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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.6
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 6
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['nm_transient_id']4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['nm_transient_id']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE['nm_transient_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_COOKIE['nm_transient_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
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WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
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().
WARNINGSecurityUnfinished Prepare2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Replacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 22
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The parameter "array(\r\n\t\t\t'hide_empty' => FALSE,\r\n\t\t\t'parent'\t => $parent\r\n\t\t\t)" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.
ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated function: screen_icon1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
screen_icon() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.8.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_site_option parameter 31
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The parameter "false" at position #3 of get_site_option() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.4.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $role_display
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named files1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.
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: 4.5 < 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 ignored tags1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. The following tags are not permitted: "plugin", "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.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
50
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
2
Notable Domains
jqueryui.com14 · outbound
docs.jquery.com13 · outbound
jquery.org13 · outbound
dfactory.eu7 · outbound
php.net1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
opensource.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
wp_ajax_nopriv_get-news-widget-calendar-monthpublic
wp_ajax
Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_get-news-widget-calendar-monthauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.1.0
36
Latest
- Findings
- 191
- Errors
- 134
- Warnings
- 57
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36 | 191 | 134 | 57 | v1.1.0 | 2.0.0 |
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