WordPress plugin to fight with 2040+ referrer spammers (like semalt, buttons-for-website and many more).
69
Score
9
Errors
24
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security54
Repo80
Performance100
Maintainability87
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
17
7 issue groups
Security
10
4 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
I18n
2
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DONOTCACHEDB".6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DONOTCACHEDB".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER[$source]3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER[$source]
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_SERVER[$source] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_SERVER[$source] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP referrer spam blacklist (Ghost Spam in Google Analytics)" - 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 referrer spam blacklist (Ghost Spam in Google Analytics)" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "blockList".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "blockList".
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error logerror_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print rprint_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-referrer-spam-blacklist' but got 'wprsb'.2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-referrer-spam-blacklist' but got 'wprsb'.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirectwp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.
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ERRORRepo Compliancelicense mismatch1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Your plugin has a different license declared in the readme file and plugin header. Please update your readme with a valid GPL license identifier.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "WP referrer spam blacklist (fight 2040+ Referrer Spammers in (Google/Matomo) Analytics)" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WP referrer spam blacklist (Ghost Spam in Google Analytics)".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 5.6 < 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.
ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header invalid license1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Invalid License: SimpleMediaCode. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
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
9
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
simplemediacode.com3 · outbound
umbrovskis.com2 · outbound
paypal.com1 · outbound
raw.githubusercontent.com1 · outbound
youtu.be1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
github.com1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.3.0
69
Latest
- Findings
- 33
- Errors
- 9
- Warnings
- 24
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 69 | 33 | 9 | 24 | v1.3.0 | 2.0.0 |
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