WP Notification Bell

On-site bell notifications. Display notifications custom or triggered (new posts/cpts, WooCommerce order updates, new comment replies, bbPress...)

v1.4.7wpdeverUpdated Added 700 installs98% rating
24
Score
736
Errors
1,591
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

2,327 findings

Maintainability

1,499

13 issue groups

Security

794

11 issue groups

I18n

12

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$VARS".1,087
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1,087
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.553
Category
Security
Occurrences
553
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.101
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
101
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.93
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
93
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE[&#039;wnbell_last_count&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar71
Category
Security
Occurrences
71
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE[&#039;wnbell_last_count&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_Admin_Menu_Manager&quot;.55
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
55
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_Admin_Menu_Manager&quot;.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.53
Category
Security
Occurrences
53
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.51
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
51
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().49
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
49
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "get_network()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.39
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
39
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_network()" requires WordPress 4.6.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

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ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared36
Category
Security
Occurrences
36
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped19
Category
Security
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $count_query used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$count_query assigned unsafely at line 267.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment12
Category
I18n
Occurrences
12
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST[&#039;last_seen&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;bp_get_the_notification_description&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $prefix used in $wpdb-&gt;query()\n$prefix used without escaping.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

29 domains

Outbound calls

179

External assets

2

Incoming endpoints

11

Notable Domains

freemius.com8 · outbound
php.net6 · outbound
benalman.com2 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

gnu.org112 · platform/reference
w3.org9 · platform/reference
wordpress.org7 · platform/reference
api.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
github.com2 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_wnbell_list_ajaxpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_wnbell_list_ajax_menupublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_wnbell_list_ajax_visitorpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_wnbell_list_ajax_visitor_menupublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints7
admin_post_fs_clone_resolutionauthenticated

admin_post

admin_post_save_wnbell_optionsauthenticated

admin_post

wp_ajax_fs_dismiss_notice_action_{$ajax_action_suffix}authenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_fs_toggle_debug_modeauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_wnbell_list_ajaxauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_wnbell_list_ajax_menuauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_wnbell_seen_notification_ajaxauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

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v1.4.7

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Latest

Findings
2,327
Errors
736
Warnings
1,591
Check
2.0.0

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