iControlWP

Manage all your WordPress sites in one place - updates, uptime, backups & security.

v5.6.0PaulUpdated Added 1k+ installs96% rating
47
Score
45
Errors
59
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security24
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability42

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

104 findings

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.

14 domains

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

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