Use the Taboola plugin to generate revenue from native ads and drive engagement with editorial content.
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
142
8 issue groups
Maintainability
79
15 issue groups
I18n
5
2 issue groups
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All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"[$k]=>\""'.
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$_POST['category_location_string'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
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Processing form data without nonce verification.
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Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['category_location_string']
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strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
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Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['category_placement']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
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Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$detailsString".
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Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
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Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "dump_html_tree".
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Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
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Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $logPublisher ..." but found "<?= $logPublisher ..."
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Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
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Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $column_name at "SHOW COLUMNS FROM $table_name LIKE '$column_name'"
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Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "JavaScriptWrapper".
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Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DEFAULT_BR_TEXT".
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PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
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Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 818.
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Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
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Detected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _SERVER: "//{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}"
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File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().
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Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
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Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()
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Mismatched text domain. Expected 'taboola' but got 'taboola_widget'.
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Function "wp_get_environment_type()" requires WordPress 5.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.2.0.
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Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead
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First score snapshot
v3.0.2
30
Latest
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30 | 236 | 89 | 147 | v3.0.2 | 2.0.0 |
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