Webmention

Enable conversation across the web.

v5.8.1Matthias PfefferleUpdated Added 900 installs100% rating
33
Score
64
Errors
89
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability41

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

153 findings

Maintainability

99

17 issue groups

Security

43

6 issue groups

I18n

9

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 '$avatar'.30
Category
Security
Occurrences
30
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "build_url".24
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
24
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "build_url".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$comment_id".16
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;14
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "before".11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'webmention' but got 'default'.8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'webmention' but got 'default'.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['webmention_post_nonce']5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse urlparse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "LONGEST_EMOJI".

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated function: wp_no_robots2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

wp_no_robots() has been deprecated since WordPress version 5.7.0. Use wp_robots_no_robots() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function move_uploaded_file() is forbidden

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
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.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl getinfo1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

16 domains

Outbound calls

42

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

2

Notable Domains

indieweb.org16 · outbound
microformats.org4 · outbound
gravatar.com1 · outbound
i.pravatar.cc1 · outbound
notiz.blog1 · outbound
php.net1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

w3.org5 · platform/reference
github.com4 · platform/reference
api.w.org3 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
opensource.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

Incoming Endpoints

/wp-json/webmention/1.0/endpointREST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/webmention/1.0/parseREST

register_rest_route

Score History

First score snapshot

v5.8.1

33

Latest

Findings
153
Errors
64
Warnings
89
Check
2.0.0

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