WPFront Notification Bar

Easily lets you create a bar on top or bottom to display a notification.

v3.5.1Syam MohanUpdated 2026-05-20Added Dec 11, 201350k+ installs90% rating
40
Score
222
Errors
44
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo97
Performance100
Maintainability75

Top Issues by Category

security227
maintainability27
i18n11
repo_compliance1

Issues Details

266 issues found in latest scan

ERROR200
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" #wpfront-notification-bar-spacer$id_suffix { display:block; }"'.

WARNING9
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR6
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING5
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING5
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain

The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->controller->get_lang_domain()

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

WARNING3
trademarked_term

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

ERROR3
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "is_taxonomy_viewable()" requires WordPress 5.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['wpfront-notification-bar-options']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.EnqueuedResourceOffloading.OffloadedContent

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

ERROR1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.SettingSanitization.register_settingMissing

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNING1
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNING1
readme_parser_warnings_too_many_tags

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

Latest Snapshot

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266

Errors

222

Warnings

44

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.5.1 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v3.5.1

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Findings
266
Errors
222
Warnings
44
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
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