Virtual Robots.txt

Virtual Robots.txt automatically creates a robots.txt file for your site. Your robots.txt file can be easily edited from the plugin settings page.

v1.10Marios AlexandrouUpdated 12 days agoAdded 17 years ago40k+ installs86% rating

robots robots.txt

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Security20

Repo100

Performance100

Maintainability93

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Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

31 findings

Security

5 issue groups

Maintainability

3 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['user_agents']. Check that the array index exists before using it.8

Category: Security
Occurrences: 8
Severity: warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$host'.6

Category: Security
Occurrences: 6
Severity: error

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped Reference

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['user_agents']6

Category: Security
Occurrences: 6
Severity: warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['user_agents'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6

Category: Security
Occurrences: 6
Severity: warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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;

missing_direct_file_access_protection Reference

WARNINGSecurityPlugin menu slug uses __FILE__Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.1

Category: Security
Occurrences: 1
Severity: warning

Sample message

Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.

WordPress.Security.PluginMenuSlug.Using__FILE__

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.1

Category: Maintainability
Occurrences: 1
Severity: error

Sample message

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

WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

ERRORMaintainabilityno stable tagInvalid or missing Stable Tag. Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.1

Category: Maintainability
Occurrences: 1
Severity: error

Sample message

Invalid or missing Stable Tag. Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.

no_stable_tag Reference