Ultimate Category Excluder allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, feeds, and search results.
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Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
40
6 issue groups
Maintainability
6
6 issue groups
I18n
1
1 issue group
Repo Compliance
1
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cat'.10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cat'.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['disable_for_api']5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['disable_for_api']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['disable_for_api'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['disable_for_api'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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().1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "in_array_recursive".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "in_array_recursive".
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtracedebug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
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WARNINGSecurityPlugin menu slug uses __FILE__1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using __FILE__ for menu slugs risks exposing filesystem structure.
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: 6.9 < 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.
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Score History
First score snapshot
v1.7
42
Latest
- Findings
- 48
- Errors
- 22
- Warnings
- 26
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 42 | 48 | 22 | 26 | v1.7 | 2.0.0 |
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