Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion

Showcase your podcast only using podcasting feed url. Use widget, shortcode or editor block to display podcast player anywhere on your site.

v8.2.2VedaUpdated Added 10k+ installs96% rating100% support resolved
46
Score
14
Errors
131
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security14
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability67

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

145 findings

Maintainability

120

10 issue groups

Security

25

6 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".86
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
86
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['args']16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "active_plugins".9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "active_plugins".

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->identifier . '_force_dispatch_interval'".7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
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().4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameterUnescaped parameter $in_clause used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$in_clause assigned unsafely at line 453.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $in_clause used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$in_clause assigned unsafely at line 453.

ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$pp_sub_markup'.2
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 '$pp_sub_markup'.

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WARNINGSecurityRecommended2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "has_block()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.9.0.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $in_clause at "SELECT post_id FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE meta_key IN ( 'pp_featured_key', 'pp_featured_key_norm' ) AND meta_value IN ( $in_clause ) ORDER BY post_id ASC LIMIT 1"

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Podcast Player - Your Podcasting Companion" is different from the name declared in plugin header "podcast player".

Score History

First score snapshot

v8.2.2

46

Latest

Findings
145
Errors
14
Warnings
131
Check
2.0.0

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