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Score
147
Errors
231
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo69
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

378 findings

Maintainability

212

17 issue groups

Security

139

6 issue groups

Supply Chain

4

1 issue group

I18n

2

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Could not load file {$filePath}"'.59
Category
Security
Occurrences
59
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Could not load file {$filePath}"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wp_cache_add".58
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
58
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wp_cache_add".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$batch".46
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
46
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE[$key][$vary_sub_cookie] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE[$key][$vary_sub_cookie] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[$key][$vary_sub_cookie]25
Category
Security
Occurrences
25
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[$key][$vary_sub_cookie]

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->cron_interval_identifier".20
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlinkunlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.13
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "emoji_svg_url".12
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']. Check that the array index exists before using it.12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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ERRORSecurityOutput is not escaped9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"' class='object-cache-stats-menu-target' $current>\n"'.

ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using file_put_contents(). Detected usage of constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_APCU_KEY_SALT".

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writeable6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writeable().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations mkdir5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: mkdir().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations touch4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: touch().

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

ERRORSupply ChainHidden files included4
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Hidden files are not permitted.

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().

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.7.0.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations rmdir2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: rmdir().

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

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Warnings
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