WP LinkedIn Auto Publish

WP LinkedIn Auto Publish automatically publishes posts, custom posts and pages to your LinkedIn profile and/or company pages.

v8.26Northern Beaches WebsitesUpdated Added 8k+ installs96% rating83% support resolved
34
Score
165
Errors
56
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability56

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

221 findings

Security

141

7 issue groups

Maintainability

40

14 issue groups

I18n

37

4 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$authenticationMessage'.69
Category
Security
Occurrences
69
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$authenticationMessage'.

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-linkedin-auto-publish' but got 'wp-linkedin-autopublish'.32
Category
I18n
Occurrences
32
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-linkedin-auto-publish' but got 'wp-linkedin-autopublish'.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['code']. Check that the array index exists before using it.16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "attachment_url_to_postid()" requires WordPress 4.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.1.16
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
16
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "attachment_url_to_postid()" requires WordPress 4.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.1.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['code'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['code']7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

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ERRORMaintainabilitydate date3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP LinkedIn Auto Publish" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection2
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 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.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl close1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

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 fread1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $label

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Score History

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Errors
165
Warnings
56
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