Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website

Display a simple banner/bar at the top or bottom of your website. Now with multi-banner support.

v3.3.0rpetersen29Updated Added 50k+ installs96% rating75% support resolved
36
Score
216
Errors
50
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance98
Maintainability54

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

266 findings

Security

185

2 issue groups

Maintainability

80

14 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.

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".

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Score History

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v3.3.0

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266
Errors
216
Warnings
50
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