PluginScore

Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce

Showcase WooCommerce product categories in sliders, grids, or blocks with styling control, responsive layouts, and shortcode support

v2.3.2PluginEverUpdated Added 1k+ installs100% rating
WooCommerce Category ShowcaseWooCommerce categoryWooCommerce category slidersliderwoocommerce
96
Score
8
Errors
45
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security100
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability78

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

53 findings

Maintainability

53

7 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$categories".39
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
39
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

missing_direct_file_access_protectionReference
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Category Showcase" - contains the restricted term "wc" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Category Showcase" - contains the restricted term "wc" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

trademarked_term
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wcc_showcase_slider_classes".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wcc_showcase_slider_classes".

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound
ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detectedLinking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

five_star_reviews_detectedReference
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "wp_date()" requires WordPress 5.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.2.0.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_date()" requires WordPress 5.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.2.0.

wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wpReference
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Category Showcase".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Category Showcase".

mismatched_plugin_nameReference

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

10 domains

Outbound calls

260

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

4

Notable Domains

pluginever.com12 · outbound
fontawesome.com2 · outbound
php-fig.org2 · outbound
demo.pluginever.com1 · outbound
getcomposer.org1 · outbound
jscolor.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

w3.org236 · platform/reference
github.com2 · platform/reference
wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints4
admin_post_wcc_showcase_add_category_showcaseauthenticated

admin_post

wp_ajax_wc_category_showcase_get_additional_category_detailsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_wc_category_showcase_get_category_detailsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_wc_category_showcase_search_categoriesauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.3.2

96

Latest

Findings
53
Errors
8
Warnings
45
Check
2.0.0

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