Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce

Developed exclusively between Payment Plugins and PayPal, PayPal for WooCommerce integrates with PayPal's newest API's.

v2.0.19Payment PluginsUpdated Added 90k+ installs98% rating82% support resolved
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Score
214
Errors
125
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability41

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

339 findings

Maintainability

144

13 issue groups

I18n

122

6 issue groups

Security

70

6 issue groups

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.70
Category
I18n
Occurrences
70
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$advanced_settings".54
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
54
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;42
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
42
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$authorization'.41
Category
Security
Occurrences
41
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$authorization'.

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'pymntpl-paypal-woocommerce' but got ''.31
Category
I18n
Occurrences
31
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'pymntpl-paypal-woocommerce' but got ''.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print rprint_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['approval_token_id']18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['approval_token_id']

ERRORI18nNo Empty StringsThe $text text string should have translatable content. Found: ''11
Category
I18n
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: ''

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code foundNo PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<script id=\"$name\">\n'.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<script id=\"$name\">\n'.

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ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text5
Category
I18n
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Error fetching order %s. Reason: %s'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "has_block()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.7.0.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_SERVER[&#039;DOCUMENT_ROOT&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$this-&gt;get_action_name( $event-&gt;event_type )&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the &quot;allowed_redirect_hosts&quot; filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

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Errors
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Warnings
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