WP Social Widget

A widget to add links of social networking sites.

v2.3.1catchsquareUpdated Added 4k+ installs94% rating
39
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239
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Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability78

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

246 findings

Security

188

4 issue groups

Maintainability

56

4 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$socialBlock'.130
Category
Security
Occurrences
130
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.56
Category
Security
Occurrences
56
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "sanitize_text_field()" requires WordPress 2.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.48
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
48
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "sanitize_text_field()" requires WordPress 2.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.8.0.

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;

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Social Widget" - 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 Social Widget" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['wp_social_widget_nonce']1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['wp_social_widget_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['wp_social_widget_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested 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.1
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.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

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Warnings
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