Spots

Content manage those little snippets of text that you need across your WordPress site and in widgets properly. Forget the text widget.

v1.3.10interconnectitUpdated Added 800 installs100% rating
35
Score
195
Errors
49
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance96
Maintainability63

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

244 findings

Security

136

9 issue groups

I18n

72

3 issue groups

Maintainability

30

12 issue groups

Performance

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.71
Category
Security
Occurrences
71
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: SPOTS_DOM67
Category
I18n
Occurrences
67
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.34
Category
Security
Occurrences
34
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'do_once_' . __CLASS__".7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
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().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['q'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The upgrade notice for "1.0.4" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "format_for_editor()" requires WordPress 4.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 1378.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated function: get_current_theme1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

get_current_theme() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.4.0. Use wp_get_theme() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated function: get_themes1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

get_themes() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.4.0. Use wp_get_themes() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated function: wp_richedit_pre1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_richedit_pre() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.3.0. Use format_for_editor() instead.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
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.

ERRORPerformanceSuppress Filters suppress filters1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

3 domains

Outbound calls

3

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

3

Notable Domains

code.google.com1 · outbound
interconnectit.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints3
wp_ajax_find-spotauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_set-spot-thumbnailauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_spots_mce_popupauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.3.10

35

Latest

Findings
244
Errors
195
Warnings
49
Check
2.0.0

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