Create and display news in various layouts like Grid, List, Ticker etc. from internal, external and rss sources.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
773
8 issue groups
I18n
122
4 issue groups
Maintainability
38
13 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.615
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 615
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.118
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 118
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().61
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 61
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $code58
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 58
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $code
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['tab'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['tab'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['wtn_api_nonce_field']8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['wtn_api_nonce_field']
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
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ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 608.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "TopNewsWp - Display Tikcer News, RSS Feed Widget and Many More" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $tbl at "SELECT option_name FROM $tbl WHERE option_name LIKE %s"
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.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilityplugin updater detected2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin Updater detected. These are not permitted in WordPress.org hosted plugins. Detected: class FS_Plugin_Updater
WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins
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.
ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy(). Detected usage of constant WP_PLUGIN_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
190
External assets
4
Incoming endpoints
3
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
External Asset Domains
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints3
admin_post
wp_ajax
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.4.3
37
Latest
- Findings
- 937
- Errors
- 878
- Warnings
- 59
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37 | 937 | 878 | 59 | v2.4.3 | 2.0.0 |
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