Ally – Web Accessibility & Usability

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v4.1.2ElementorUpdated Added 500k+ installs58% rating100% support resolved
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Score
47
Errors
35
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability89

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

82 findings

Security

66

8 issue groups

Maintainability

10

6 issue groups

I18n

4

1 issue group

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 '$content'.36
Category
Security
Occurrences
36
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['data']['pointer'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action".4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST['action']4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST['action']

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.4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
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.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "edited_term".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global symbolThe "elementor/files/svg/allowed" prefix is not a valid namespace/function/class/variable/constant prefix in PHP.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "elementor/files/svg/allowed" prefix is not a valid namespace/function/class/variable/constant prefix in PHP.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

ERRORMaintainabilitylibrary core files1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Library files that are already in the WordPress core are not permitted.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.

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Score History

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v4.1.2

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82
Errors
47
Warnings
35
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2.0.0

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