WP Category Sort

The WP Category Sort plugin allows you to easily reorder your categories the way you want via drag and drop.

v2.0.3LovinnagiUpdated Added 500 installs100% rating
62
Score
15
Errors
22
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security39
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability85

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

37 findings

Maintainability

16

7 issue groups

Security

11

5 issue groups

I18n

8

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-category-sort' but got 'wp-taxonomy-post-ordering'.7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-category-sort' but got 'wp-taxonomy-post-ordering'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Category Sort" - 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 - "WP Category Sort" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WPCATSORTPATH".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "to/term_title".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_nonce']2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_nonce']

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['_nonce']. Check that the array index exists before using it.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['_nonce']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

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WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "sanitize_text_field()" requires WordPress 2.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variable1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 5.8 < 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 Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"

WARNINGI18ntextdomain mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file does not match the slug. Found "wpcatsort", expected "wp-category-sort".

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

4 domains

Outbound calls

4

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

1

Notable Domains

No notable third-party domains detected.

Platform / Reference Domains

codex.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
profiles.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_wpcatsort_updateajaxauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

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v2.0.3

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Findings
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Errors
15
Warnings
22
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