Capture your visitor's email address and subscribe them to your newsletter campaign with this simple Mailchimp widget plugin!
66
Score
17
Errors
9
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security44
Repo88
Performance100
Maintainability94
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
16
3 issue groups
Maintainability
4
3 issue groups
I18n
3
1 issue group
Repo Compliance
3
3 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_widget']'.12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_widget']'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to esc_html__() 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.3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to esc_html__() 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.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['api_key']. Check that the array index exists before using it.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['api_key']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['api_key'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['api_key'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes" - contains the restricted term "mailchimp" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "mailchimp" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for mailchimp".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes" - contains the restricted term "mailchimp" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "mailchimp" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for mailchimp".
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Mailchimp widget by ProteusThemes".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Mailchimp widget by ProteusThemes".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 5.4 < 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.1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 5.4 < 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.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings ignored tagsOne or more tags were ignored. The following tags are not permitted: "plugin", "wordpress"1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. The following tags are not permitted: "plugin", "wordpress"
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
5
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
1
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_pt_mailchimp_subscribe_get_listsauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.0.5
66
Latest
- Findings
- 26
- Errors
- 17
- Warnings
- 9
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 66 | 26 | 17 | 9 | v1.0.5 | 2.0.0 |
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