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v7.6.5.9Jeffrey L. SmithUpdated Added 20k+ installs76% rating
24
Score
437
Errors
269
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo77
Performance100
Maintainability13

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

706 findings

Security

483

10 issue groups

Maintainability

116

10 issue groups

I18n

79

5 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" /> $label"'.189
Category
Security
Occurrences
189
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;75
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
75
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.65
Category
Security
Occurrences
65
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['settingsfile']['name']57
Category
Security
Occurrences
57
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['object'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar52
Category
Security
Occurrences
52
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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.52
Category
I18n
Occurrences
52
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.35
Category
Security
Occurrences
35
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['settingsfile']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.32
Category
Security
Occurrences
32
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.31
Category
Security
Occurrences
31
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.17
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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ERRORSecurityregister setting Missing12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain11
Category
I18n
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$s", but got "%d, %s" in '%d %s'.

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityFound4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function create_function() is forbidden

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Singular Placeholder4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing singular placeholder, needed for some languages. See https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers#Plurals

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityHeredoc Output Not Escaped3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNot Allowed2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

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