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34
Score
217
Errors
36
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo91
Performance98
Maintainability53
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
164
7 issue groups
Maintainability
67
11 issue groups
I18n
19
3 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_widget'.124
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 124
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_widget'.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.26
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 26
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['post'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['post'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().13
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$method'.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 '$method'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.4
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
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WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['post']
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl exec3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl init3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Notes Widget" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found call to wp_enqueue_style() with external resource. Offloading styles to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl errno2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl getinfo2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Domain2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->get_widget_slug()
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
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().
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not in1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.1 < 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.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
47
External assets
1
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
webrockstar.net5 · outbound
api.twitter.com3 · outbound
youtube.com3 · outbound
fonts2u.com2 · outbound
getbootstrap.com2 · outbound
php.net2 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org12 · platform/reference
github.com5 · platform/reference
wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
opensource.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
video.google.com2 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.0.6
34
Latest
- Findings
- 253
- Errors
- 217
- Warnings
- 36
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 34 | 253 | 217 | 36 | v1.0.6 | 2.0.0 |
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