Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers

PublishPress Series is the publishing plugin that allows you to organize posts into issues or series. This is ideal for magazines, newspapers, writers …

v3.1.2PublishPressUpdated Added 2k+ installs90% rating100% support resolved
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Score
346
Errors
710
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance96
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,056 findings

Security

478

11 issue groups

Maintainability

429

12 issue groups

I18n

76

2 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.163
Category
Security
Occurrences
163
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$active'.103
Category
Security
Occurrences
103
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_os_update_post_term_count".102
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
102
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_os_update_post_term_count".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'puc_request_info_options-'.$this->slug".78
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
78
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'puc_request_info_options-'.$this->slug".

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['aa'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar75
Category
Security
Occurrences
75
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['aa'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

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.69
Category
I18n
Occurrences
69
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.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;51
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
51
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$alt".49
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
49
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.40
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
40
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().36
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
36
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

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WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification34
Category
Security
Occurrences
34
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class32
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
32
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function25
Category
Security
Occurrences
25
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $in_tt_ids at "DELETE FROM $wpdb->term_relationships WHERE object_id = %d AND term_taxonomy_id IN ($in_tt_ids)"

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped17
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 '$class_or_interface_fqcn'.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $drop_query

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $drop_query used in $wpdb->query()\n$drop_query assigned unsafely at line 20.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag found7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Possible use of short open tags detected; found: <?\tif (!pp_series_is_pro_active()) { ?> <s...

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'organize-series' but got 'easy-digital-downloads'.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

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Score History

First score snapshot

v3.1.2

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Latest

Findings
1,056
Errors
346
Warnings
710
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2.0.0

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