Hester Core

The official companion plugin for Peregrine Themes. Adds widgets, customization options, Elementor widgets, and demo import features.

v1.1.9peregrinethemesUpdated 2026-06-20Added Mar 25, 202210k+ installs60% rating
27
Score
253
Errors
103
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance88
Maintainability19

Top Issues by Category

security168
maintainability126
i18n34
performance14

Issues Details

356 issues found in latest scan

ERROR86
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Since $package $version: "'.

ERROR38
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

WARNING37
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedNamespaceFound

Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Psr\EventDispatcher".

ERROR31
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR25
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.

ERROR17
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "_wp_has_noncharacters_fallback()" requires WordPress 6.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.9.0.

ERROR16
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING11
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING10
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_post__not_in

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.

WARNING8
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_var_export

var_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNING8
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR7
Generic.PHP.DiscourageGoto.Found

The "goto" language construct should not be used.

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

ERROR5
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Localhost.Found

Do not use Localhost/127.0.0.1/*.local in your code. Found: http://localhost/

WARNING5
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DS".

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopen

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.DeprecatedParameters.Get_termsParam2Found

The parameter "$cat_args" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

WARNING4
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_exclude

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.

ERROR3
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowed

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'hester-core' but got 'data-liberation'.

WARNING2
Squiz.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions.Discouraged

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_trigger_error

trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

356

Errors

253

Warnings

103

Score History

2 score snapshots

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1007550250Jun 20, 2026 Score 27/100 Plugin v1.1.6 Plugin Check 2.0.0 Scoring model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2 253 errors, 103 warningsJun 20, 2026 Score 27/100 Plugin v1.1.9 Plugin Check 2.0.0 Scoring model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2 253 errors, 103 warningsJun 20, 2026Jun 20, 2026

Jun 20, 2026

v1.1.9

27

Latest

Findings
356
Errors
253
Warnings
103
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v1.1.6

27

Score

Findings
356
Errors
253
Warnings
103
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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