PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

No. 1 Podcasting plugin for WordPress.

v11.16.9blubrryUpdated Added 20k+ installs92% rating17% support resolved
23
Score
4,807
Errors
2,394
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance97
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

7,201 findings

Security

5,174

9 issue groups

Maintainability

1,544

13 issue groups

I18n

229

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" average downloads for the past month. $month_change_text"'.3,970
Category
Security
Occurrences
3,970
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" average downloads for the past month. $month_change_text"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$AppleCategories".1,022
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1,022
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['audio_custom_play_button_file']['name']314
Category
Security
Occurrences
314
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['audio_custom_play_button_file']['name']

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['File'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar309
Category
Security
Occurrences
309
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['File'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.193
Category
Security
Occurrences
193
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['audio_custom_play_button_file']. Check that the array index exists before using it.162
Category
Security
Occurrences
162
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.159
Category
I18n
Occurrences
159
Severity
error

Sample message

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.

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.157
Category
Security
Occurrences
157
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;109
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
109
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setoptUsing cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.100
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
100
Severity
error

Sample message

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found45
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
45
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text44
Category
I18n
Occurrences
44
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $FeedSlug

ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand42
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
42
Severity
error

Sample message

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query41
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
41
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching40
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
40
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname Found36
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
36
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'rss2_head'.$FeedActionHook".

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain26
Category
I18n
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp24
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "_oembed_filter_feed_content()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.6.0.

ERRORSecurityException Not Escaped23
Category
Security
Occurrences
23
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Unknown section type: {$type}"'.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose23
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
23
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityNot Prepared22
Category
Security
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Stylesheet21
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
21
Severity
error

Sample message

Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags19
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

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Warnings
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