Display a simple banner/bar at the top or bottom of your website. Now with multi-banner support.
35
Score
217
Errors
50
Warnings
-1
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo100
Performance98
Maintainability52
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
185
2 issue groups
Maintainability
81
15 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 '$banner_id'.184
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 184
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$banner_id'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "clearAutoOptimizeCache".24
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "clearAutoOptimizeCache".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$checked".20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$checked".
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.1.13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "esc_textarea()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.1.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "SB_PLUGIN_DIR".3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "SB_PLUGIN_DIR".
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued StylesheetStylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
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ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, 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 tested upto minor1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 7.0.2 The version number should only include major versions 7.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Simple Banner - Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Simple Banner".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
11
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
rpetersendev.gumroad.com3 · outbound
api.gumroad.com1 · outbound
paypal.me1 · outbound
rpetersen29.github.io1 · outbound
wordpress.com1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org3 · platform/reference
github.com1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
2 score snapshots
v3.3.1
35
Latest
- Findings
- 267
- Errors
- 217
- Warnings
- 50
- Check
- 2.0.0
v3.3.0
36
Score
- Findings
- 266
- Errors
- 216
- Warnings
- 50
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35 | 267 | 217 | 50 | v3.3.1 | 2.0.0 |
| 36 | 266 | 216 | 50 | v3.3.0 | 2.0.0 |
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