Social Icons

Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets and shortcode

v1.7.4ThemeGrillUpdated 2021-02-08Added Dec 14, 201510k+ installs90% rating
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72
Errors
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Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability71

Top Issues by Category

security84
maintainability58
i18n11
repo_compliance2

Issues Details

155 issues found in latest scan

ERROR54
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<span class='$action'>$link$sep</span>"'.

WARNING14
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;SI_AJAX&quot;.

WARNING14
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;SI&quot;.

WARNING12
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$si_queued_js&quot;.

WARNING11
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR10
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

ERROR5
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

WARNING5
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING5
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;&#039;get_socicon-&#039; . $icon&quot;.

WARNING4
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

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.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

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.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.EnqueuedResourceOffloading.OffloadedContent

Found call to wp_register_style() with external resource. Offloading styles to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;{$shortcode}_shortcode_tag&quot;.

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.VariableConstantNameFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$name&quot;.

ERROR1
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR1
outdated_tested_upto_header

Tested up to: 5.6 < 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.

WARNING1
readme_parser_warnings_too_many_tags

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

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Warnings

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v1.7.4 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

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Warnings
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Plugin Check
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