Simple Login Lockdown

Simple Login Lockdown prevents brute force login attacks/attempts on your WordPress installation.

v1.1chrisguitarguyUpdated Added 4k+ installs88% rating
69
Score
13
Errors
6
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security50
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability94

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

19 findings

Security

8

4 issue groups

Maintainability

5

2 issue groups

I18n

3

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['label_for']'.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['label_for']'.

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;

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "CD_SLL_NAME".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "CD_SLL_NAME".

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'After the number of failed login attempts (specified above), how '.\n 'long should the user be locked out?'2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'After the number of failed login attempts (specified above), how '.\n 'long should the user be locked out?'

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORRepo Complianceno licenseMissing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 3.5 < 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.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 3.5 < 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.

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WARNINGRepo Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "lang"

Score History

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v1.1

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Findings
19
Errors
13
Warnings
6
Check
2.0.0

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