Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget

Name: Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget
Rating: 4.2
Author: Essential Plugin

A quick, easy way to add Popular/Trending posts slider, grid block and widget. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.

v1.8.6

Essential Plugin

Updated 17.11.2025, 05:31:00

Scanned 17.11.2025, 08:47:06

Score

253

Errors

149

Warnings

Installs

Security177

General144

Repo74

Performance7

Accessibility0

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Issues Details

402 issues found in latest scan

	Code	Message	Location	Category
ERROR	`WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound`	Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$reg_post_types".	`13:1`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound`	Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$tp_support_post_types".	`14:1`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch`	Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget' but got 'wtpsw'.	`19:51`	General
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch`	Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget' but got 'wpos-analytics'.	`533:50`	General
ERROR	`WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped`	All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.	`60:40`	Security
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch`	Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget' but got 'pwpc'.	`60:67`	General
ERROR	`WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped`	All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.	`72:40`	Security
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch`	Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-trending-post-slider-and-widget' but got 'pwpc'.	`72:67`	General
ERROR	`plugin_header_no_license`	Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.	—	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound`	Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "plugin_locale".	`75:30`	Plugin Repo

402 total row(s)

External Connections

Hosts referenced or contacted during the latest scan (runtime attempts + static URLs)

Hosts: 8Runtime: 0Static: 22

Source	Host	URL	Plugin File / Stack	Captured
Static	github.com	http://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/issues	assets/js/slick.min.js:14	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	kenwheeler.github.io	http://kenwheeler.github.io/	assets/js/slick.min.js:11	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	kenwheeler.github.io	http://kenwheeler.github.io/slick	assets/js/slick.min.js:12	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	github.com	http://github.com/kenwheeler/slick	assets/js/slick.min.js:13	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	demo.essentialplugin.com	https://demo.essentialplugin.com/prodemo/pro-featured-and-trending-post/	includes/admin/supports/gutenberg-block.php:18	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	demo.essentialplugin.com	https://demo.essentialplugin.com/trending-post-demo/	includes/admin/supports/gutenberg-block.php:19	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	docs.essentialplugin.com	https://docs.essentialplugin.com/trending-popular-post-slider-and-widget/	includes/admin/wtpsw-how-it-works.php:79	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	essentialplugin.com	https://essentialplugin.com/wordpress-plugin/trending-post-slider-widget/	wp-trending-post-slider-widget.php:4	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	essentialplugin.com	https://essentialplugin.com/	wp-trending-post-slider-widget.php:8	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM
Static	essentialplugin.com	https://essentialplugin.com/	wp-trending-post-slider-widget.php:42	11/17/2025, 8:47:13 AM

22 total row(s)


17.11.2025, 08:47:06	14s	41	253	149
14.11.2025, 14:14:25	15s	40	253	151

Trending/Popular Post Slider and Widget

Security177

General144

Plugin Repository71

Performance7