PluginScore

Powie's WHOIS Domain Check

Check a Domain WHOIS Lookup for availability. Simple insert the [pwhois] shortcode on a page or post

v0.9.34PowieTUpdated Added 500 installs80% rating
Freedomainlookupshortcodewhois
41
Score
38
Errors
11
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability83

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

49 findings

Security

34

6 issue groups

Maintainability

10

9 issue groups

I18n

4

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunctionReference
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.SettingSanitization.register_settingMissingReference
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['domain']. Check that the array index exists before using it.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['domain'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomainReference
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$response'.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 '$response'.

WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscapedReference
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

missing_direct_file_access_protectionReference
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "psWhois".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "psWhois".

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "whois_scripts".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['post_nonce']1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized
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ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fputs1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fputs
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fsockopen1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fsockopen
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'Error: No appropriate Whois server found for '.$domain.' domain!'

WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralTextReference
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.6 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

outdated_tested_upto_headerReference
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "utf8_encode()" requires WordPress 6.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wpReference

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

3 domains

Outbound calls

7

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

2

Notable Domains

powie.de5 · outbound
garyc40.com1 · outbound
twitter.com1 · outbound

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_pwhois_postpublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_pwhois_postauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v0.9.34

41

Latest

Findings
49
Errors
38
Warnings
11
Check
2.0.0

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