The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.
48
Score
42
Errors
13
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security15
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability83
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
34
5 issue groups
Maintainability
17
7 issue groups
I18n
2
2 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.30
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "sem_autolink_uri".3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "sem_autolink_uri".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$sem_autolink_uri".3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$sem_autolink_uri".
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP functionThe use of function ini_set() is discouraged2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "sem_external_links_version".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "sem_external_links_version".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['exclude_domains']1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['exclude_domains']
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['exclude_domains']. Check that the array index exists before using it.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['exclude_domains']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['exclude_domains'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['exclude_domains'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
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ERRORI18nDeprecated parameter: load_plugin_textdomain parameter 21
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The parameter "FALSE" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Use "" instead.
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'sem-external-links' but got 'sem-sem-external-links'.
ERRORRepo Compliancelicense mismatch1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Your plugin has a different license declared in the readme file and plugin header. Please update your readme with a valid GPL license identifier.
ERRORMaintainabilityno stable tag1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Invalid or missing Stable Tag. 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.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 4.7 < 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.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "home_url()" requires WordPress 3.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v6.8.1
48
Latest
- Findings
- 55
- Errors
- 42
- Warnings
- 13
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 48 | 55 | 42 | 13 | v6.8.1 | 2.0.0 |
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