Results for the Modernthemes.net Flatter Theme:
Overall the theme coding work looks good. Overall the theme coding work is sanitized and secured appropriately. Nothing supicious or malicious found in this theme’s code.
The theme utilizes the WordPress wp_remote_post() function to check for and install theme updates from the modernthemes.net website – nothing unusual, suspicious or malicious in the update checking code.
The theme utilizes an AJAX and jQuery file uploading script that is secured and sanitized appropriately.
Checked the Flatter theme with Otto’s Theme Check plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/ and found a couple of very minor nick nack issues below that are not a big deal|nothing to be concerned about.
WARNING: file_put_contents was found in the file my-custom-css.php File operations should use the WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls.
Line 45: $makecss = file_put_contents(css_path(), ‘/********* Do not edit this file *********/\
REQUIRED: The theme uses the register_post_type() function, which is plugin-territory functionality.