Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
444
8 issue groups
I18n
90
5 issue groups
Maintainability
83
11 issue groups
Performance
2
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$active'.204
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 204
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$active'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.121
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 121
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
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.76
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 76
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".33
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 33
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']['name']30
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']['name']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['novelist_action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar28
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['novelist_action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Target class [$concrete] does not exist."'.20
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Target class [$concrete] does not exist."'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.12
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
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WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['import_file']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORI18nNo Empty Strings3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: '%1$s'
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: stripslashes( $id )
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude2
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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.
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global symbol1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "novelist/system" prefix is not a valid namespace/function/class/variable/constant prefix in PHP.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Browser".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
70
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
2
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints2
wp_ajax
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.3.0
30
Latest
- Findings
- 633
- Errors
- 475
- Warnings
- 158
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30 | 633 | 475 | 158 | v1.3.0 | 2.0.0 |
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