Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more

Add a listing of content on your website using a simple shortcode. Filter the results by category, author, and more.

v3.0.3Bill EricksonUpdated Added 80k+ installs96% rating
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Errors
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Category Scores

Security100
Repo80
Performance96
Maintainability78

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

34 findings

Maintainability

26

10 issue groups

Repo Compliance

4

4 issue groups

I18n

2

1 issue group

Performance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "be_display_posts_off".7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "be_display_posts_off".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "excerpt_length".5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "excerpt_length".

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta valueDetected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'display-posts-shortcode' but got 'display-posts'.2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'display-posts-shortcode' but got 'display-posts'.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "wp_trim_words()" requires WordPress 3.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_trim_words()" requires WordPress 3.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax queryDetected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$dps_listing".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$dps_listing".

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.1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
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.

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WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not in1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, 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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Display Posts - Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Display Posts".

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: 6.6 < 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.

Score History

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v3.0.3

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Errors
11
Warnings
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