Display WooCommerce product categories in responsive sliders and grids to boost navigation, engagement, and product discovery.
46
Score
101
Errors
16
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security10
Repo94
Performance97
Maintainability81
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
62
3 issue groups
Security
33
5 issue groups
Maintainability
19
5 issue groups
Performance
2
1 issue group
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: WPB_WCS_TEXTDOMAIN60
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 60
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: WPB_WCS_TEXTDOMAIN
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$chaid_cat_term'.24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$chaid_cat_term'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce – Responsive Product Category Carousel & Enhanced UX" - 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 - "WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce – Responsive Product Category Carousel & Enhanced UX" - 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['wpb_wcs_term_meta']2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['wpb_wcs_term_meta']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['wpb_wcs_term_meta'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['wpb_wcs_term_meta'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.2
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function foundThe use of function create_function() is forbidden1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The use of function create_function() is forbidden
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.1
- 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.
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WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORMaintainabilityinvalid tested upto minor1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 7.0.1 The version number should only include major versions 7.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce – Responsive Product Category Carousel & Enhanced UX" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WPB Product Categories Slider for WooCommerce".
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.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
288
External assets
4
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
freepik.com129 · outbound
flaticon.com122 · outbound
wpbean.com9 · outbound
fontawesome.io4 · outbound
creativecommons.org2 · outbound
docs.wpbean.com2 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
External Asset Domains
fonts.googleapis.com2 · asset
image.flaticon.com2 · asset
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.7.2
46
Latest
- Findings
- 117
- Errors
- 101
- Warnings
- 16
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 46 | 117 | 101 | 16 | v1.7.2 | 2.0.0 |
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