A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!
29
Score
77
Errors
300
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo97
Performance92
Maintainability28
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
223
17 issue groups
Security
95
5 issue groups
I18n
41
2 issue groups
Performance
13
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$IDs_to_exclude".121
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 121
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$IDs_to_exclude".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_title".55
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 55
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_title".
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['end_date'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar34
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 34
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['end_date'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['end_date']28
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['end_date']
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['ajax']. Check that the array index exists before using it.22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['ajax']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.21
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 21
- 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.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().20
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.13
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$icon_file'.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$icon_file'.
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ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 263.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wordpress_popular_posts_delete_thumb_cache".
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Popular Posts" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function found1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The use of function wp_get_sidebars_widgets() is forbidden
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
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: "Elementor_WPP_Widget".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WPP_VERSION".
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations chmod1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: chmod().
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v7.4.0
29
Latest
- Findings
- 377
- Errors
- 77
- Warnings
- 300
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29 | 377 | 77 | 300 | v7.4.0 | 2.0.0 |
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