RSS Feed Retriever

The fastest RSS feeds plugin for WordPress. Includes excerpt & thumbnail image. Use as a news aggregator, autoblog, or RSS parsing.

v1.6.10TravisUpdated Added 7k+ installs94% rating
61
Score
23
Errors
8
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security38
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability83

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

31 findings

Maintainability

17

6 issue groups

Security

12

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "get_current_screen()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_current_screen()" requires WordPress 3.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'WP_RSS_RETRIEVER_VER'.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 'WP_RSS_RETRIEVER_VER'.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST['settings']2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST['settings']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_REQUEST['settings'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_REQUEST['settings'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var dumpvar_dump() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

var_dump() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
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 recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt randmt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand seeding mt srandmt_srand() is discouraged. Rand seeding is not necessary when using the wp_rand() function (as you should).1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

mt_srand() is discouraged. Rand seeding is not necessary when using the wp_rand() function (as you should).

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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 Complianceplugin header nonexistent domain path1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin slug includes a restricted term. Your plugin slug - "wp-rss-retriever" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin slug.

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Score History

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v1.6.10

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Findings
31
Errors
23
Warnings
8
Check
2.0.0

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