The ultimate FREE news plugin for WordPress. Create custom newsfeeds and watch the fresh relevant news headlines appear on your website.
35
Score
84
Errors
53
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security100
Repo73
Performance98
Maintainability62
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
69
2 issue groups
Maintainability
62
13 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
Performance
1
1 issue group
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'newsplugin' but got 'news_plugin'.68
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 68
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'newsplugin' but got 'news_plugin'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$default_Value".47
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 47
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$default_Value".
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "NewsPlugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "NewsPlugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilitymysql mysql get client infoAccessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysql_get_client_info.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysql_get_client_info.
ERRORMaintainabilitymysql mysql get proto infoAccessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysql_get_proto_info.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysql_get_proto_info.
ERRORMaintainabilitymysql mysql get server infoAccessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysql_get_server_info.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysql_get_server_info.
ERRORMaintainabilitymysql mysqli get client infoAccessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysqli_get_client_info.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysqli_get_client_info.
ERRORMaintainabilitymysql mysqli get proto infoAccessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysqli_get_proto_info.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysqli_get_proto_info.
ERRORMaintainabilitymysql mysqli get server infoAccessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysqli_get_server_info.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: mysqli_get_server_info.
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ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fread1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityapplication detected1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Application files are not permitted.
ERRORSupply ChainHidden files included1
- Category
- Supply Chain
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Hidden files are not permitted.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 5.8 < 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.
WARNINGRepo Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"
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.
ERRORI18ntextdomain invalid format1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file should only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Found "news_plugin".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
19
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
6
Notable Domains
newsplugin.com8 · outbound
api.newsplugin.com4 · outbound
jscolor.com4 · outbound
fw2s.com1 · outbound
my.newsplugin.com1 · outbound
wiki.php.net1 · outbound
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
admin_post_nopriv_news_plugin_save_stylepublic
admin_post
admin_post_nopriv_news_plugin_send_feedbackpublic
admin_post
admin_post_nopriv_news_plugin_update_system_infopublic
admin_post
Admin AJAX endpoints3
admin_post_news_plugin_save_styleauthenticated
admin_post
admin_post_news_plugin_send_feedbackauthenticated
admin_post
admin_post_news_plugin_update_system_infoauthenticated
admin_post
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.1.0
35
Latest
- Findings
- 137
- Errors
- 84
- Warnings
- 53
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35 | 137 | 84 | 53 | v1.1.0 | 2.0.0 |
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