The Social Links

The Social Links plugin adds a widget and shortcode to your WordPress website allowing you to display icons linking to your social profiles.

v2.0.5seagynUpdated Added 2k+ installs88% rating
35
Score
16
Errors
29
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security75
Repo79
Performance100
Maintainability87

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

45 findings

Maintainability

36

3 issue groups

Security

5

1 issue group

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$current_link".28
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$current_link".

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_title']'.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var dumpvar_dump() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to esc_html_e().1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSupply Chainhidden filesHidden files are not permitted.1
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Hidden files are not permitted.

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.

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requiresMismatched Requires at least: 4.8 != 4.2. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires at least: 4.8 != 4.2. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.0.5

35

Latest

Findings
45
Errors
16
Warnings
29
Check
2.0.0

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