WP Posts Carousel is a widget and a shortcode generator to displays posts or custom post types in Owl Carousel.
40
Score
199
Errors
12
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance96
Maintainability82
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
172
3 issue groups
I18n
23
5 issue groups
Maintainability
13
7 issue groups
Performance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.111
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 111
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.60
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 60
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->plugin_slug15
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->plugin_slug
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource 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.5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- 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.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->plugin_name3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->plugin_name
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Posts Carousel" - 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 Posts Carousel" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
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.2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentFound call to wp_enqueue_style() with external resource. Offloading styles to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found call to wp_enqueue_style() with external resource. Offloading styles to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
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WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.
ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-posts-carousel' but got "categories-all-in-one".
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, 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.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "WP Posts Carousel" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Wp Posts Carousel".
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.7 < 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.
ERRORMaintainabilitystable tag mismatch1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched Stable Tag: 1.3 != 1.3.13. Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.
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Score History
First score snapshot
v1.3.13
40
Latest
- Findings
- 211
- Errors
- 199
- Warnings
- 12
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40 | 211 | 199 | 12 | v1.3.13 | 2.0.0 |
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