Today's Date Inserter

Simply and quickly add the current date and or time to your wordpress posts or pages using a shortcode Date widget also included

v1.2.1mulscullyUpdated Added 700 installs86% rating
70
Score
32
Errors
1
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security57
Repo80
Performance100
Maintainability84

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

33 findings

Security

15

1 issue group

Maintainability

14

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

4

4 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input id='text_string' name='lfo_todays_date_options[text_string]' type='text' value='$text_string' />"'.15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input id='text_string' name='lfo_todays_date_options[text_string]' type='text' value='$text_string' />"'.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentOffloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitytimezone change date default timezone setUsing date_default_timezone_set() and similar isn't allowed, instead use WP internal timezone support.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using date_default_timezone_set() and similar isn't allowed, instead use WP internal timezone support.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 3.9 < 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: 3.9 < 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 licenseMissing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
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.

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme invalid donate linkThe "Donate link" header in the readme file must be a valid URL.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The "Donate link" header in the readme file must be a valid URL.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

4 domains

Outbound calls

5

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

mediawebsite.com2 · outbound
paypal.com1 · outbound
php.net1 · outbound

External Asset Domains

paypalobjects.com2 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.2.1

70

Latest

Findings
33
Errors
32
Warnings
1
Check
2.0.0

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