Spiffy Calendar

Manage and display your events in a responsive calendar with multiple views, widgets and shortcodes. Color-coded categories and recurrence support.

v5.0.11Spiffy PluginsUpdated Added 3k+ installs98% rating0% support resolved
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Score
473
Errors
243
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability43

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

716 findings

Security

533

10 issue groups

Maintainability

178

12 issue groups

I18n

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 '$active'.195
Category
Security
Occurrences
195
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.136
Category
Security
Occurrences
136
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.93
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
93
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.62
Category
Security
Occurrences
62
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['daynum'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar37
Category
Security
Occurrences
37
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['daynum'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.35
Category
Security
Occurrences
35
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
22
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().22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
22
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active".21
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated19
Category
Security
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 105.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['daynum']

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
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.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityQuoted Simple Placeholder1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Simple placeholders should not be quoted in the query string in $wpdb->prepare(). Found: '%s'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

ERRORMaintainabilitytimezone change date default timezone set1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using date_default_timezone_set() and similar isn't allowed, instead use WP internal timezone support.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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.

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'spiffy-calendar' but got 'Admin menu name'.

ERRORI18nToo Many Function Args1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Too many parameters passed to function "__()". Expected: 2 parameters, received: 3

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Warnings
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