News Ticker for Elementor

News icker for Elementor lets you add news ticker with the Elementor Page builder.You can use any of your blog post as news ticker.

v2.1.4Plugin DevsUpdated Added 2k+ installs94% rating
36
Score
76
Errors
57
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability62

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

133 findings

Security

45

7 issue groups

Maintainability

43

12 issue groups

I18n

42

4 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'news-ticker-for-elementor' but got ''.25
Category
I18n
Occurrences
25
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'news-ticker-for-elementor' but got ''.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$css'.17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".

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 __().

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['details'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['details'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant FoundGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WB_NT_MIN_ELEMENTOR_VERSION".5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WB_NT_MIN_ELEMENTOR_VERSION".

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['post_email']. Check that the array index exists before using it.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['post_email']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

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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;

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found3
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: "process_wbelnt_promo_form".

ERRORI18nNo Empty Strings3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: ''

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Namespace Found2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WB_NT".

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->plugin_name

ERRORMaintainabilitylibrary core files2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Library files that are already in the WordPress core are not permitted.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WB_NEWS_TICKER".

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['values']

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url1
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_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.

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: 6.9 < 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 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.

Score History

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Findings
133
Errors
76
Warnings
57
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