Product Category Slider for WooCommerce

Showcase Your WooCommerce store's categories/subcategories in a beautiful slider.

v4.5.1PluginEverUpdated Added 800 installs80% rating
68
Score
21
Errors
104
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security61
Repo94
Performance97
Maintainability53

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

125 findings

Maintainability

115

17 issue groups

Security

6

3 issue groups

Performance

2

1 issue group

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wc_category_slider_autoplay_speed_args".42
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
42
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active".29
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
29
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wc_category_slider".12
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WC_CAT_SLIDER_ASSETS_URL".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.2.0.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.2.0.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$err'.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->get_prefix() . '_plugin_action_links'".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->get_prefix() . '_plugin_action_links'".

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwriteFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

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WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude2
Category
Performance
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

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.

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: "ComposerAutoloaderInit2db453baa379e911a666775aad8c404f".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variable1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.9 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin slug includes a restricted term. Your plugin slug - "woo-category-slider-by-pluginever" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin slug.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

5 domains

Outbound calls

299

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

1

Notable Domains

fonts.gstatic.com285 · outbound
fontawesome.io4 · outbound
pluginever.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com6 · platform/reference
w3.org3 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_wc_slider_get_categoriesauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

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v4.5.1

68

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125
Errors
21
Warnings
104
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