Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<a href='edit.php?post_type={$post->post_type}&ditty_display={$display_id}'>"'.

$_GET[&#039;action&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[&#039;ditty_import_posts&#039;][&#039;tmp_name&#039;]

Processing form data without nonce verification.

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

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.

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable $column at &quot;SELECT $column FROM $this-&gt;table_name WHERE $column_where = %s LIMIT 1;&quot;

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$args&quot;.

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;&#039;get_template_part_&#039; . $slug&quot;.

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[&#039;ditty_import_posts&#039;][&#039;tmp_name&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;DNT&quot;.

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'ditty-news-ticker' but got 'ditty-ticker'.

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 116.

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

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

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb-&gt;get_var()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 315.

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.

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

Processing form data without nonce verification.