Postie allows you to create posts via email, including many advanced features not found in WordPress's default Post by Email feature.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
329
7 issue groups
Maintainability
265
14 issue groups
I18n
21
3 issue groups
Performance
4
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$data\n"'.173
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 173
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$data\n"'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_postie_revisions".137
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 137
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_postie_revisions".
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.101
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 101
- 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 functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DebugDump".33
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 33
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DebugDump".
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$error_string'.33
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 33
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$error_string'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "fConnectivityException".18
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "fConnectivityException".
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().11
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlinkunlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
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WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['HOST']
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['message'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DEFAULT_BR_TEXT".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment5
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 5
- 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 Text5
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: "Warning! Postie requires that PHP be verion 5.2 or higher. You have version " . phpversion()
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude4
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $checkExistingPostQuery
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.9.75
23
Latest
- Findings
- 668
- Errors
- 407
- Warnings
- 261
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 668 | 407 | 261 | v1.9.75 | 2.0.0 |
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