Special Text Boxes

Highlights any portion of text as text in the colored boxes.

v6.5minimusUpdated Added 2k+ installs68% rating
37
Score
39
Errors
42
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security1
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability63

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

81 findings

Maintainability

48

12 issue groups

Security

24

5 issue groups

I18n

7

3 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().13
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $sTable at "SELECT * FROM $sTable st WHERE st.slug = %s;"6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $sTable at "SELECT * FROM $sTable st WHERE st.slug = %s;"

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $getSql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$getSql assigned unsafely at line 68.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $getSql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$getSql assigned unsafely at line 68.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $getSql5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $getSql

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $sTable used in $wpdb->get_var()4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $sTable used in $wpdb->get_var()

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
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'.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fcloseFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopenFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwriteFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

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ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to esc_attr__().

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $text

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityblock api version too low1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Editor blocks must define "apiVersion" 3 or higher in block.json for WordPress 7.0+ iframe editor compatibility.

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: 6.9 < 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 no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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Score History

First score snapshot

v6.5

37

Latest

Findings
81
Errors
39
Warnings
42
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2.0.0

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