Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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v7.1.1Kybernetik ServicesUpdated Added 100k+ installs96% rating100% support resolved
37
Score
222
Errors
46
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance96
Maintainability67

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

268 findings

Security

152

2 issue groups

I18n

60

3 issue groups

Maintainability

52

12 issue groups

Performance

3

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_title']'.151
Category
Security
Occurrences
151
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_title']'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$aria_current".37
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
37
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().29
Category
I18n
Occurrences
29
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $excerpt29
Category
I18n
Occurrences
29
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $excerpt

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() 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.3
Category
Performance
Occurrences
3
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.

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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ERRORSecurityQuoted Simple Placeholder1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Simple placeholders should not be quoted in the query string in $wpdb->prepare(). Found: '%s'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Recent_Posts_Widget_With_Thumbnails".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "register_recent_posts_widget_with_thumbnails".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_excerpt".

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations chmod1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: chmod().

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

WARNINGMaintainabilitywp get sites Found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_get_sites() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.6.0. Use get_sites() instead.

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires at least: 2.9 != 4.6. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

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Warnings
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