WP Most Popular is a simple plugin which tracks your most popular blog posts based on views and lets you display them in your theme or blog sidebar.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
54
9 issue groups
Maintainability
29
10 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.35
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- 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().7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table at "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$table'"4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table at "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$table'"
ERRORSecurityQuoted Simple PlaceholderSimple placeholders should not be quoted in the query string in $wpdb->prepare(). Found: '%d'.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Simple placeholders should not be quoted in the query string in $wpdb->prepare(). Found: '%d'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WMP_Widget".4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WMP_Widget".
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameterUnescaped parameter $count_1 used in $wpdb->query()\n$count_1 assigned unsafely at line 27.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $count_1 used in $wpdb->query()\n$count_1 assigned unsafely at line 27.
ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Most Popular" - 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 Most Popular" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
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WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['id']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
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;
WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameter1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 6.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant Found1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WMP_PATH".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found1
- 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: "wmp_get_popular".
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['token']
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['token'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilitywp reset query wp reset query1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 4.9 < 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.
Score History
First score snapshot
v0.3.1
39
Latest
- Findings
- 85
- Errors
- 50
- Warnings
- 35
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39 | 85 | 50 | 35 | v0.3.1 | 2.0.0 |
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