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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
47
7 issue groups
Maintainability
28
12 issue groups
I18n
7
4 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$app'.12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$app'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['DB_HOST']10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['DB_HOST']
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_ENV['DB_HOST']. Check that the array index exists before using it.7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_ENV['DB_HOST']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['url'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['url'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirectwp_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.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued ScriptScripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued StylesheetStylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Plugin Detective - Troubleshooting Conflicts" - 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 - "Plugin Detective - Troubleshooting Conflicts" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
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ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_interactivity()" requires WordPress 6.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 6.1.0.
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$field'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'Case ID '.$active_case_id.' missing'
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
ERRORMaintainabilityDiscouraged WordPress constant declaration: MUPLUGINDIR1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found declaration of constant "MUPLUGINDIR". Use WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityDiscouraged WordPress constant declaration: PLUGINDIR1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found declaration of constant "PLUGINDIR". Use WP_PLUGIN_DIR instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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 Mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'plugin-detective' but got 'troubleshoot'.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Plugin Detective - Troubleshooting Conflicts" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Plugin Detective - Troubleshooting".
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.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.2.30
38
Latest
- Findings
- 84
- Errors
- 40
- Warnings
- 44
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 38 | 84 | 40 | 44 | v1.2.30 | 2.0.0 |
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