Spider Blocker

SpiderBlocker will block most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog.

v1.3.7NiteoUpdated Added 20k+ installs80% rating
78
Score
19
Errors
9
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security73
Repo75
Performance100
Maintainability84

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

28 findings

Maintainability

10

6 issue groups

Security

7

3 issue groups

I18n

6

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

5

5 issue groups

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writableFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.5
Category
I18n
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['SERVER_SOFTWARE']3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['SERVER_SOFTWARE']

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['data'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['data'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentFound call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

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

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations chmodFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: chmod().1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'spiderblocker' but got 'eu-vat-b2b-taxes'.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'spiderblocker' but got 'eu-vat-b2b-taxes'.

ERRORMaintainabilityinvalid plugin namePlugin name header in your readme is missing or invalid. Please update your readme with a valid plugin name header. Eg: "=== Example Name ==="1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin name header in your readme is missing or invalid. Please update your readme with a valid plugin name header. Eg: "=== Example Name ==="

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ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceno license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.5 < 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 invalid author uri1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The "Author URI" header in the plugin file is not valid.

WARNINGRepo Complianceplugin header invalid domain path1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must start with forward slash.

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.3.7

78

Latest

Findings
28
Errors
19
Warnings
9
Check
2.0.0

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