Bitly's WordPress Plugin

Create short links to your content with Bitly’s WordPress Plugin.

v2.8.1bitlydeveloperUpdated Added 2k+ installs84% rating
35
Score
6
Errors
23
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security100
Repo82
Performance100
Maintainability85

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

29 findings

Maintainability

23

7 issue groups

I18n

3

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

Supply Chain

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_ceiling".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: "_ceiling".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$regenerate_url".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Bitly's WordPress Plugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" 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 - "Bitly's WordPress Plugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-bitly' but got 'wpbitly'.2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-bitly' but got 'wpbitly'.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.1
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 constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WBBITLY_SSL_VERIFY".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_shortlink".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSupply ChainHidden files includedHidden files are not permitted.1
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Hidden files are not permitted.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Bitly's Wordpress Plugin" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Bitly's WordPress Plugin".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Bitly's Wordpress Plugin" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Bitly's WordPress Plugin".

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.7 < 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.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

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Errors
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Warnings
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