External Links

The external links plugin for WordPress lets you process outgoing links differently from internal links.

v6.8.1Denis de BernardyUpdated Added 9k+ installs96% rating
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42
Errors
13
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security15
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability83

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

55 findings

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.

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