This widget will display a YouTube video in the sidebar. Just enter the URL of the video, and it’ll show in the sidebar. You can change the width and …
38
Score
39
Errors
25
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security3
Repo80
Performance100
Maintainability74
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
35
5 issue groups
Maintainability
20
9 issue groups
I18n
5
2 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_widget'.13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_widget'.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "__()" requires WordPress 2.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.0.2.7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "__()" requires WordPress 2.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.0.2.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['youtube-autoplay']. Check that the array index exists before using it.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['youtube-autoplay']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['youtube-height']5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['youtube-height']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['youtube-height'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['youtube-height'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'youtube-widget' but got 'widgets'.4
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'youtube-widget' but got 'widgets'.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "YouTube widget" - contains the restricted term "youtube" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "youtube" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for youtube".2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "YouTube widget" - contains the restricted term "youtube" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "youtube" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for youtube".
ERRORMaintainabilityNot AllowedUse of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead
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ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated function: register_sidebar_widget1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
register_sidebar_widget() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated function: register_widget_control1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
register_widget_control() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use wp_register_widget_control() instead.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORMaintainabilityinvalid plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin name header in your readme is missing or invalid. Please update your readme with a valid plugin name header. Eg: "=== Example Name ==="
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: 2.7 < 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 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.
Outbound calls
21
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
youtube.com5 · outbound
nothingoutoftheordinary.com3 · outbound
ja.meswilson.com2 · outbound
automattic.com1 · outbound
br.youtube.com1 · outbound
es.youtube.com1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.1
38
Latest
- Findings
- 64
- Errors
- 39
- Warnings
- 25
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 38 | 64 | 39 | 25 | v1.1 | 2.0.0 |
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