Edit Author Slug

Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.

v1.9.2Brandon AllenUpdated Added 100k+ installs96% rating
74
Score
5
Errors
8
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security55
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability98

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

13 findings

Security

9

4 issue groups

Maintainability

2

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'ba_eas_esc_nicename'.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'ba_eas_esc_nicename'.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['ba_eas_author_slug']3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['ba_eas_author_slug']

WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameterUnescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->query()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 239.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->query()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 239.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouragedThe use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_REQUEST['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_REQUEST['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 6.8 < 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.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 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.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.9.2

74

Latest

Findings
13
Errors
5
Warnings
8
Check
2.0.0

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