Widget Options gives you super powers to control your site’s sidebar widgets and all Gutenberg blocks on pages, posts & other custom post types.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
901
8 issue groups
Maintainability
189
13 issue groups
I18n
35
4 issue groups
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.542
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 542
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_selected_page'.247
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 247
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_selected_page'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'widget_options_visibility_single_block_' . $tax_value".100
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 100
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'widget_options_visibility_single_block_' . $tax_value".
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar35
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.26
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 26
- 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().26
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 26
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.20
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['widgeopts_file']19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['widgeopts_file']
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_widgetopts_in_block_renderer".15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_widgetopts_in_block_renderer".
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ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment15
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['widgeopts_file']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $aname
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text6
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$d", but got "%d, %d" in 'Successfully migrated display logic to snippets. Created %d snippets and updated %d widgets.'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WIDGETOPS_Welcome".
WARNINGMaintainabilityprevent path disclosure error reporting4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_reporting() can lead to full path disclosure.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "blockopts_filter_before_display".
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protection3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_use_widgets_block_editor()" requires WordPress 5.8.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.6.0.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.
ERRORMaintainabilityFound1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The use of function eval() is forbidden
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
Score History
First score snapshot
v4.2.5
31
Latest
- Findings
- 1,132
- Errors
- 837
- Warnings
- 295
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31 | 1,132 | 837 | 295 | v4.2.5 | 2.0.0 |
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