Spotlight Social Feeds – Block, Shortcode, and Widget

Instagram feeds made easy. Responsive, customizable, accessible, and SEO-friendly out of the box. Includes Instagram blocks & oEmbed support.

v1.7.5RebelCodeUpdated Added 60k+ installs94% rating100% support resolved
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Score
411
Errors
147
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

558 findings

Maintainability

250

16 issue groups

Security

225

7 issue groups

I18n

48

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$style <p>$message <br /> $link</p> $details"'.138
Category
Security
Occurrences
138
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$style <p>$message <br /> $link</p> $details"'.

ERRORMaintainabilityEcho FoundShort PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $accountId ..." but found "<?= $accountId ..."95
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
95
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"API error: $message"'.46
Category
Security
Occurrences
46
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'spotlight-social-photo-feeds' but got 'sl-insta'.40
Category
I18n
Occurrences
40
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'spotlight-social-photo-feeds' but got 'sl-insta'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;getAssetUri&quot;.21
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;admin_footer&quot;.20
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;admin_footer&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$bootstrapper&quot;.20
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $accountId14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant FoundGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;SL_INSTA&quot;.12
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $accountId used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$accountId used without escaping.

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
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.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protection5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable $metaTable at FROM $metaTable\n

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname Found2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

Score History

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Errors
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Warnings
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