Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
82
19 issue groups
Security
19
5 issue groups
I18n
1
1 issue group
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->doPluginPrefix( 'delete_on_deactivate' )".17
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->doPluginPrefix( 'delete_on_deactivate' )".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bWhitelabelled".10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bWhitelabelled".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code foundNo 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.8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- 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.
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Index must be a positive integer: $offset"'.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 '"Index must be a positive integer: $offset"'.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlinkunlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'site_transient_'.$sKey".3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'site_transient_'.$sKey".
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "iControlWP" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "iControlWP" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
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ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy_dir(). Detected usage of constant WP_PLUGIN_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escaped2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations rmdir2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: rmdir().
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_get_wp_version()" requires WordPress 6.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.9.0.
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 constant1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "icontrolwp_get_plugin".
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations readfile1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: readfile().
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
31
External assets
1
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
icwp.io6 · outbound
app.icontrolwp.com5 · outbound
php-fig.org2 · outbound
apache.org1 · outbound
api.aptoweb.com1 · outbound
getcomposer.org1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
github.com4 · platform/reference
codex.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
googletagmanager.com4 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v5.6.0
47
Latest
- Findings
- 104
- Errors
- 45
- Warnings
- 59
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 47 | 104 | 45 | 59 | v5.6.0 | 2.0.0 |
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