WP Posts Carousel

WP Posts Carousel is a widget and a shortcode generator to displays posts or custom post types in Owl Carousel.

v1.3.13teastudio.plUpdated Added 3k+ installs92% rating
40
Score
199
Errors
12
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance96
Maintainability82

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

211 findings

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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Errors
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Warnings
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