The Templatic Category Icons plugin adds the ability for your theme to be able to show a category icon in the sidebar and before the category title in …
39
Score
50
Errors
43
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability79
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
51
9 issue groups
Maintainability
22
10 issue groups
I18n
17
1 issue group
Repo Compliance
3
3 issue groups
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'templatic-categoryicons' but got "templatic_cat_icon".17
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'templatic-categoryicons' but got "templatic_cat_icon".
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.14
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$attach_id'.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$attach_id'.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- 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().6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['templ_font_icon']5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['templ_font_icon']
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['templ_font_icon']. Check that the array index exists before using it.5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['templ_font_icon']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['templ_font_icon'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['templ_font_icon'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 128.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 128.
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WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "tmpl_cat_icon_activate".
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_register_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilityno stable tag1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Invalid or missing Stable Tag. 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.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 5.0 < 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.
ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings no short description present1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Short Description" section is missing. An excerpt was generated from your main plugin description.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
3
External assets
1
Incoming endpoints
1
Notable Domains
templatic.com1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
use.fontawesome.com1 · asset
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_templ_new_iconauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.0.1
39
Latest
- Findings
- 93
- Errors
- 50
- Warnings
- 43
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39 | 93 | 50 | 43 | v1.0.1 | 2.0.0 |
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