WP Crontrol

WP Crontrol enables you to take control of the cron events on your WordPress website.

v1.21.0John BlackbournUpdated Added 300k+ installs90% rating100% support resolved
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Score
20
Errors
91
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability85

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

111 findings

Security

94

5 issue groups

Maintainability

14

6 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.48
Category
Security
Occurrences
48
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['crontrol_hooks_type']16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['crontrol_hooks_type']

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['crontrol_id']. Check that the array index exists before using it.15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$code'.11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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;

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['crontrol_hooks_type'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Crontrol" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Crontrol" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORMaintainabilityFoundThe use of function eval() is forbidden2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function eval() is forbidden

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cron_request".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cron_request".

WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Foundload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var export1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

var_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
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.

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

Sample message

The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"

Score History

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v1.21.0

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Findings
111
Errors
20
Warnings
91
Check
2.0.0

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