Meks Easy Photo Feed Widget

Easily display Instagram photos as a widget that looks good in (almost) any WordPress theme.

v1.2.8MeksUpdated Added 10k+ installs76% rating
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Security0
Repo86
Performance100
Maintainability81

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

104 findings

Security

81

7 issue groups

Maintainability

16

9 issue groups

I18n

4

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.41
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Security
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41
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All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.21
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Security
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21
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All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['access_token']. Check that the array index exists before using it.7
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Security
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7
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warning

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Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['access_token']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['access_token'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar7
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Security
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7
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$_POST['access_token'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;5
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5
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PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.3
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Maintainability
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3
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strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
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Security
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2
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warning

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Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['nonce']2
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Security
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2
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warning

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.2
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Maintainability
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2
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warning

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Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to esc_html__() 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.2
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I18n
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2
Severity
error

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A function call to esc_html__() 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.

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ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text2
Category
I18n
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2
Severity
error

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Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Instagram has returned empty data. Please authorize your Instagram account in the %s plugin settings %s.'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variable1
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Maintainability
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1
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warning

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r1
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Maintainability
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1
Severity
warning

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var dump1
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1
Severity
warning

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

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In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
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Repo Compliance
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1
Severity
error

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Tested up to: 6.3 < 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
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Repo Compliance
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1
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error

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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
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Repo Compliance
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1
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warning

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
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Maintainability
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1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin slug includes a restricted term. Your plugin slug - "meks-easy-instagram-widget" - contains the restricted term "instagram" which cannot be used at all in your plugin slug.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
Category
Maintainability
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1
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "wp_json_encode()" requires WordPress 4.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.7.0.

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