WProofreader spell & grammar check plugin for WordPress

WProofreader checks spelling, grammar, and style in real-time while editing in WordPress.

v3.2.0WebSpellCheckerUpdated Added 4k+ installs74% rating
64
Score
12
Errors
43
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security45
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability81

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

55 findings

Maintainability

38

8 issue groups

Security

13

4 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$autosave".20
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "check".8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" — {$detail}"'.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wsc_admin_fields".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['getInfoResult']2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['getInfoResult'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WProofreader spell & grammar check plugin for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WProofreader spell & grammar check plugin for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

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.

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ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WSC_Settings".

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "WProofreader spell & grammar check plugin for WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WProofreader".

ERRORRepo Compliancemismatched tested up to header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched "Tested up to": 7.0 != 6.9. The "Tested up to" value in the readme file must match the "Tested up to" value in the plugin header. If the plugin header has a "Tested up to" value, it will override the readme value, which can cause confusion.

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 Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"

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Score History

First score snapshot

v3.2.0

64

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Findings
55
Errors
12
Warnings
43
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2.0.0

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