Create and display news in various layouts like Grid, List, Ticker etc. from internal, external and rss sources.
39
Score
347
Errors
44
Warnings
+2
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability72
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
236
9 issue groups
I18n
135
5 issue groups
Maintainability
19
9 issue groups
Repo Compliance
1
1 issue group
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.115
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 115
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_title']'.85
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 85
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$args['after_title']'.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().64
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 64
- 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: $code63
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 63
- 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
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']
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-top-news' but got 'jobwp'.5
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-top-news' but got 'jobwp'.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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().3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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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ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 82.
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.
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.
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.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['wtn_news_fields']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilityinvalid tested upto minor1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 7.0.3 The version number should only include major versions 7.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "TopNewsWp - Display Tikcer News, RSS Feed Widget and Many More" is different from the name declared in plugin header "TopNewsWp".
ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires php1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched Requires PHP: 7.4 != 7.2. "Requires PHP" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
191
External assets
4
Incoming endpoints
3
Notable Domains
freemius.com10 · outbound
php.net6 · outbound
newsapi.org3 · outbound
topnews.hmplugin.com3 · outbound
benalman.com2 · outbound
checkout.freemius-local.com2 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org112 · platform/reference
wordpress.org10 · platform/reference
w3.org5 · platform/reference
github.com4 · platform/reference
api.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
youtube.com2 · asset
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints3
admin_post_fs_clone_resolutionauthenticated
admin_post
wp_ajax_fs_dismiss_notice_action_{$ajax_action_suffix}authenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_fs_toggle_debug_modeauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
2 score snapshots
v2.4.4
39
Latest
- Findings
- 391
- Errors
- 347
- Warnings
- 44
- Check
- 2.0.0
v2.4.3
37
Score
- Findings
- 937
- Errors
- 878
- Warnings
- 59
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39 | 391 | 347 | 44 | v2.4.4 | 2.0.0 |
| 37 | 937 | 878 | 59 | v2.4.3 | 2.0.0 |
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