Mailchimp Widget by ProteusThemes

Capture your visitor's email address and subscribe them to your newsletter campaign with this simple Mailchimp widget plugin!

v1.0.5ProteusThemesUpdated Added 1k+ installs100% rating
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

26 findings

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.

5 domains

Outbound calls

5

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

1

Notable Domains

admin.mailchimp.com1 · outbound
kb.mailchimp.com1 · outbound
proteusthemes.com1 · outbound

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

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