Starbox – the Author Box for Humans

Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship

v3.5.4SEO SquirrlyUpdated Added 10k+ installs90% rating
52
Score
144
Errors
19
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security26
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability70

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

163 findings

I18n

125

5 issue groups

Security

23

5 issue groups

Maintainability

14

9 issue groups

Repo Compliance

1

1 issue group

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: _ABH_PLUGIN_NAME_96
Category
I18n
Occurrences
96
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.11
Category
I18n
Occurrences
11
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.

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders TextMultiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Choose the default theme to be displayed %s inside each blog article %s'.10
Category
I18n
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Choose the default theme to be displayed %s inside each blog article %s'.

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$message'.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->menu[0]6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->menu[0]

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

Sample message

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

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

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued ScriptScripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued StylesheetStylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()

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WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

ERRORI18nLoad plugin textdomain Param2Found2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The parameter "_ABH_PLUGIN_NAME_ . '/languages/'" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse str result Missing1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The "result" parameter for function parse_str() is missing.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRecommended1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Starbox - the Author Box for Humans" is different from the name declared in plugin header "StarBox".

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 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.

ERRORMaintainabilitytrunk stable tag1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Incorrect Stable Tag. It's recommended not to use "Stable Tag: trunk". Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.

ERRORMaintainabilityuninstall missing constant check1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Check for WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN constant missing.

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

Sample message

Function "wp_doing_ajax()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.

Score History

First score snapshot

v3.5.4

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Findings
163
Errors
144
Warnings
19
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