SMK Sidebar Generator

Create unlimited custom sidebars and widget areas. Display different sidebars on specific pages, posts, or custom post types with conditional logic.

v3.6.0Andrei SurduUpdated Added 10k+ installs88% rating
64
Score
19
Errors
5
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security41
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability93

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

24 findings

Security

13

4 issue groups

Maintainability

6

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

4

4 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$html'.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityFoundThe use of function wp_get_sidebars_widgets() is forbidden1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function wp_get_sidebars_widgets() is forbidden

ERRORSecurityregister setting MissingSanitization missing for register_setting().1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['data']1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
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.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto headerTested up to: 6.9 < 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: 6.9 < 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 Compliancereadme mismatched header requires phpMismatched Requires PHP: 5.6 != 5.3. "Requires PHP" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires PHP: 5.6 != 5.3. "Requires PHP" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

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.

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WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.

Score History

First score snapshot

v3.6.0

64

Latest

Findings
24
Errors
19
Warnings
5
Check
2.0.0

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