This simple plugin is a widget that displays a list of random posts on your sidebar. You can exclude certain posts by ID.
58
Score
27
Errors
5
Warnings
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Category Scores
Security32
Repo88
Performance98
Maintainability89
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
22
2 issue groups
Maintainability
6
6 issue groups
Repo Compliance
3
3 issue groups
Performance
1
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.
ERRORSecurityDeprecated function: attribute_escapeattribute_escape() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use esc_attr() instead.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
attribute_escape() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use esc_attr() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function foundThe use of function create_function() is forbidden1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The use of function create_function() is forbidden
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP functionquery_posts() is discouraged. Use WP_Query instead.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
query_posts() is discouraged. Use WP_Query instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP functionwp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not inUsing exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORMaintainabilityinvalid plugin namePlugin name header in your readme is missing or invalid. Please update your readme with a valid plugin name header. Eg: "=== Example Name ==="1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin name header in your readme is missing or invalid. Please update your readme with a valid plugin name header. Eg: "=== Example Name ==="
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: 6.1 < 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: 6.1 < 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"
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WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.
ERRORMaintainabilitytrunk stable tag1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Incorrect Stable Tag. It's recommended not to use "Stable Tag: trunk". Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.
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Score History
First score snapshot
v5.0
58
Latest
- Findings
- 32
- Errors
- 27
- Warnings
- 5
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 58 | 32 | 27 | 5 | v5.0 | 2.0.0 |
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