Slider by BestWebSoft

The best responsive slider plugin for your WordPress website. Create beautifully animated slides just in a few clicks.

v1.1.2bestweblayoutUpdated Added 400 installs100% rating
29
Score
478
Errors
336
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability23

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

814 findings

I18n

472

4 issue groups

Maintainability

273

14 issue groups

Security

64

7 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'slider-bws' but got 'bestwebsoft'.436
Category
I18n
Occurrences
436
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'slider-bws' but got 'bestwebsoft'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.66
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
66
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().63
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
63
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_add_buttons".51
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
51
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_add_buttons".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bstwbsftwppdtplgns_active_plugins".51
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
51
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bstwbsftwppdtplgns_active_plugins".

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.38
Category
Security
Occurrences
38
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.31
Category
I18n
Occurrences
31
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__CLASS__ . '_additional_import_export_options'".11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__CLASS__ . '_additional_import_export_options'".

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_sldr_order']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['_sldr_order'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
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.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $categories used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$categories assigned unsafely at line 1751.

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $categories

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BWS_Admin_Tooltip".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_shortcode_button_content".

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_REQUEST['page']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

15 domains

Outbound calls

194

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

5

Notable Domains

bestwebsoft.com138 · outbound
jqueryui.com7 · outbound
vimeo.com6 · outbound
youtube.com5 · outbound
app.vzaar.com2 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com2 · platform/reference
wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
codex.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
opensource.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints5
wp_ajax_bws_submit_request_feature_actionauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_bws_submit_uninstall_reason_actionauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_sldr_add_from_mediaauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_sldr_delete_imageauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_sldr_media_checkauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.1.2

29

Latest

Findings
814
Errors
478
Warnings
336
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2.0.0

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