Stencil

The fastest and easiest way to design images as you write posts in WordPress. Millions of stock photos, premium icons & templates at your fingertips.

v1.14.9StencilUpdated Added 1k+ installs82% rating
92
Score
6
Errors
8
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security94
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability88

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

14 findings

Maintainability

10

7 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

Security

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "activate_stencil".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityallow unfiltered uploads detected`ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS` is not permitted. Setting this constant to true will allow the user to upload any type of file (including PHP and other executables), creating serious potential security risks.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

`ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS` is not permitted. Setting this constant to true will allow the user to upload any type of file (including PHP and other executables), creating serious potential security risks.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Stencil" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Stencil for WordPress".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Stencil" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Stencil for WordPress".

ERRORRepo Complianceno licenseMissing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 5.8 < 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.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.8 < 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.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Stencil for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Stencil for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

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ERRORMaintainabilitytrunk stable tag1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Incorrect Stable Tag. It's recommended not to use "Stable Tag: trunk". Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

20 domains

Outbound calls

58

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

getstencil.com15 · outbound
i.imgur.com8 · outbound
caniuse.com2 · outbound
stackoverflow.com2 · outbound
api.jquery.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com8 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.14.9

92

Latest

Findings
14
Errors
6
Warnings
8
Check
2.0.0

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