Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone

This Social Share Plugin adds advanced social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X, LinkedIn, & Pinterest.

v6.2.1AdnanUpdated Added 20k+ installs96% rating50% support resolved
24
Score
468
Errors
101
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo79
Performance100
Maintainability11

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

569 findings

Security

386

8 issue groups

Maintainability

101

12 issue groups

I18n

68

5 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input type='hidden' name='email' value='$email'>"'.256
Category
Security
Occurrences
256
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input type='hidden' name='email' value='$email'>"'.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.46
Category
Security
Occurrences
46
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'simple-social-buttons' but got 'simple-social-button'.36
Category
I18n
Occurrences
36
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'simple-social-buttons' but got 'simple-social-button'.

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;26
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET[&#039;post&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar20
Category
Security
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET[&#039;post&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[&#039;file&#039;][&#039;tmp_name&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.19
Category
Security
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[&#039;file&#039;][&#039;tmp_name&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().19
Category
I18n
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[&#039;post&#039;]18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[&#039;post&#039;]

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "get_sites()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.16
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
16
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_sites()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

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ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags14
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment9
Category
I18n
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORMaintainabilityEcho Found7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $sdk_communication ..." but found "<?= $sdk_communication ..."

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNINGSecurityRecommended4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the &quot;allowed_redirect_hosts&quot; filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_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.

WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped Strings2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: &#039;&lt;h4&gt;Display Settings&lt;/h4&gt;&#039;

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $plugin_title

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Warnings
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