Owl Carousel WP

Owl Carousel WP is an easy plugin to add carousel in WordPress sites.This plugin is responsive and works using shortcode .

v2.2.2Imran EmuUpdated Added 1k+ installs62% rating
40
Score
62
Errors
19
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo88
Performance100
Maintainability82

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

81 findings

Security

46

5 issue groups

Maintainability

21

6 issue groups

I18n

11

3 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$carousel_cat'.41
Category
Security
Occurrences
41
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code foundNo PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'owl-carousel-wp' but got 'ocw_carousel'.3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'owl-carousel-wp' but got 'ocw_carousel'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Owl Carousel WP" - contains the restricted term "wp" 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 - "Owl Carousel WP" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['tc_ocw_carousel_meta_box_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nSingle Underscore Get Text FunctionFound single-underscore "_()" function when double-underscore expected.2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Found single-underscore "_()" function when double-underscore expected.

ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function foundThe use of function create_function() is forbidden1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function create_function() is forbidden

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ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.7 < 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.

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.

10 domains

Outbound calls

23

External assets

5

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

themescode.com11 · outbound
docs.themescode.com2 · outbound
goo.gl2 · outbound
img.youtube.com2 · outbound
vimeo.com2 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

youtube.com3 · asset

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.2.2

40

Latest

Findings
81
Errors
62
Warnings
19
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2.0.0

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