Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight

Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight Global Search is a powerful quick navigation plugin for WordPress Dashboard - it is an advancement of …

v1.1.2KuppurajUpdated Added 1k+ installs86% rating
42
Score
25
Errors
25
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security9
Repo77
Performance100
Maintainability78

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

50 findings

Maintainability

21

10 issue groups

Security

17

7 issue groups

I18n

7

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

5

5 issue groups

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script 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_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: WP_SPOTLIGHT_SEARCH_NAME5
Category
I18n
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_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.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight" - 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 - "Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $key used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$key assigned unsafely at line 88.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $key used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$key assigned unsafely at line 88.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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().2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $key at "select ID,post_title,post_type from $wpdb->posts where post_status='publish' AND post_type = '$key'"

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "is_protected_meta()" requires WordPress 3.1.3, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.1.0.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WP Spotlight Search".

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 Complianceno license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 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.

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.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.

ERRORMaintainabilitytrunk stable tag1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Incorrect Stable Tag. It's recommended not to use "Stable Tag: trunk". 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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

8 domains

Outbound calls

14

External assets

2

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

semantic-ui.com2 · outbound
openjs.com1 · outbound
paypal.com1 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com5 · platform/reference
wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
opensource.org2 · platform/reference
s.w.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.1.2

42

Latest

Findings
50
Errors
25
Warnings
25
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2.0.0

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