Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar

The Read Meter plugin displays the estimated reading time for blog posts along with a progress bar.

v1.0.11Brainstorm ForceUpdated Added 10k+ installs90% rating
49
Score
39
Errors
50
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security16
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability83

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

89 findings

Security

42

4 issue groups

I18n

23

2 issue groups

Maintainability

22

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar22
Category
Security
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22
Severity
warning

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$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'read-meter' but got 'bsf_rt_textdomain'.22
Category
I18n
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'read-meter' but got 'bsf_rt_textdomain'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['bsf_rt_margin_unit']. Check that the array index exists before using it.11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active_tab".10
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Maintainability
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10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;9
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Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['bsf-rt-general']5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['bsf-rt-general']

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$excerpt'.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Read Meter - Reading Time & Progress Bar" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Read Meter - Reading Time & Progress Bar for WordPress.".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Read Meter - Reading Time & Progress Bar" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Read Meter - Reading Time & Progress Bar for WordPress.".

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 6.8 < 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: 6.8 < 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.

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no licenseMissing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
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Repo Compliance
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1
Severity
error

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Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

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ERRORI18ntextdomain invalid format1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file should only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Found "read-meter.".

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Read Meter - Reading Time &amp; Progress Bar for WordPress." - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

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

Sample message

Function "wp_is_block_theme()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.2.0.

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Score History

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v1.0.11

49

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89
Errors
39
Warnings
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