Was This Helpful?

Simple article feedback plugin. find out if the information you provided is helpful to visitors and improve the user experience.

v1.0.2YellowPencilUpdated Added 1k+ installs94% rating
49
Score
19
Errors
28
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security15
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability85

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

47 findings

Security

32

4 issue groups

Maintainability

13

8 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$checkbox'.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['wthf_types']. Check that the array index exists before using it.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['wthf_types']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['wthf_options_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['wthf_options_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['wthf_options_nonce']3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['wthf_options_nonce']

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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().2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "wp_add_inline_script()" requires WordPress 4.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_add_inline_script()" requires WordPress 4.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Was This Helpful?" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Was This Article Helpful?".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Was This Helpful?" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Was This Article Helpful?".

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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;

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.

ERRORMaintainabilitystable tag mismatch1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Stable Tag: 6.8 != 1.0.2. 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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

1 domains

Outbound calls

2

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

2

Notable Domains

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_wthf_ajaxpublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_wthf_ajaxauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.0.2

49

Latest

Findings
47
Errors
19
Warnings
28
Check
2.0.0

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