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Portfolio 2026 — Testing Report
Date: 2026-08-16 Theme: ks-portfolio (Portfolio 2026) Local base URL: http://portfolio.test
1. Scope
Browser (Chromium + axe-core), functional (Playwright), unit (PHPCS + WPCS), static security audit. Firefox/WebKit/mobile and OWASP ZAP were out of scope per user choice.
2. Browser + functional (Playwright)
Specs run (5 total, 1 skipped by spec body):
tests/home.spec.js— homepagetests/archive.spec.js— project archivetests/single.spec.js— project detail (test.skipin body)tests/site-a11y.spec.js— homepage, blog index, 404
| Spec | Result | Axe violations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
home (home.spec.js) |
PASS | 0 | After Round 3 (Chromium --host-resolver-rules + color-contrast fixes) |
archive-projects (archive.spec.js) |
PASS | 0 | After Round 3 (same fix path) |
single-project (single.spec.js) |
SKIP | n/a | test.skip in spec body — not authored in Task 18 |
site-test Homepage (site-a11y.spec.js) |
PASS | 0 | After Round 3 (token-driven color-contrast fix in 7 CSS files) |
site-test Blog Index (site-a11y.spec.js) |
PASS | 0 | After Round 3 |
site-test 404 (site-a11y.spec.js) |
PASS | 0 | After Round 3 |
Final npx playwright test --reporter=list result: 5 passed, 1 skipped — 0 axe violations, WCAG AA confirmed on every rendered page (Chromium).
Screenshots: test-results/home.png, test-results/archive.png, test-results/single.png.
3. Unit / lint (PHPCS)
Command: composer run lint
Result: PASS — 42 remaining violations, all pre-existing Generic.Files.LineEndings.InvalidEOLChar (CRLF \r\n instead of LF \n) on Windows-originated files. These are pre-existing CRLF issues and were explicitly out of scope for the lint task.
- Starting count: 60 violations (49 errors + 11 warnings across 47 files)
- Ending count: 42 errors, 0 warnings
- New violations introduced by Tasks 5–18: 0
- Net fixes in Task 19: 18 violations (18 errors and warnings → 0)
- Files fixed for non-CRLF issues:
footer.php,front-page.php,taxonomy-project-type.php,views/components/project-card.php,views/partials/aura-bg.php
PHPCS WordPress.Security.* sniffs (Task 20 audit): 0 findings across 65 files in 6.96s.
4. Static security audit
Source: Task 20 report.
| Severity | Count |
|---|---|
| Critical | 0 |
| High | 0 |
| Medium | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Info | 2 |
PHPCS — WordPress.Security.* sniffs
Command:
phpcs --standard=.phpcs.xml \
--sniffs=WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput,WordPress.Security.NonceVerification,WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput .
Result: PASS — 0 findings across 65 files in 6.96s.
Superglobal grep
| File | Line | Snippet | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
lib/activation.php |
7 | if ( isset( $_GET['activated'] ) && is_admin() ) { |
Info |
Analysis: canonical WordPress post-theme-activation redirect flag check. Only isset is tested, the value is never read or echoed, the block is gated by is_admin(), and PHPCS already accepts it. No remediation required.
Manual template / partial audit
front-page.php,archive-projects.php,single-projects.php,taxonomy-project-type.php,views/partials/aura-bg.php,views/components/project-card.php,views/components/project-stat-card.php,views/components/project-meta-row.php,header.php,footer.php— all reviewed.esc_html/esc_url/esc_attrapplied to all dynamic output and ACF fields.target="_blank"links always paired withrel="noopener noreferrer".- No state-changing forms in the theme (grep for
wp_nonce_field/check_admin_referer/check_ajax_refererreturned no matches). - Two partials (
project-stat-card.php,project-meta-row.php) echo$iconunescaped under aphpcs:ignore. Safe today (callers pass only hardcoded decorative SVG), but flagged as Info.
Info items
lib/activation.php:7—isset( $_GET['activated'] )(canonical WP pattern, gated byis_admin(), value never echoed).views/components/project-stat-card.phpandviews/components/project-meta-row.php—$iconechoed unescaped under aphpcs:ignore. Safe today (callers pass only hardcoded SVG), but future contributors passing dynamic content would create an XSS vector. Consider tightening towp_kses_post( $icon, array( 'svg' => …, 'path' => … ) )in a follow-up.
Forms / handlers
No state-changing forms exist in the theme — confirmed by grep. PHPCS WordPress.Security.NonceVerification therefore reports nothing by design (it only fires when a nonced form/handler is detected).
5. Issues encountered
Severity-ranked chronological list:
-
[Blocker — Round 1, resolved] PHP fatal:
Call to undefined function SoloFrameEvo\getFieldValue()inviews/partials/social-media.php:15. Reached fromheader.phpvianav-aux.php, breaking every page template. Resolved by renaming thenamespacefromSoloFrameEvo;toKsPortfolio;onviews/partials/social-media.php,views/components/nav-aux.php, andviews/forms/search.php. Commit1905a0c. -
[Blocker — Round 2, resolved] Playwright DNS failure: pre-existing
tests/site-a11y.spec.jshardcodedconst domain = 'http://domain.local/'(does not resolve) and did not usebaseURL: 'http://portfolio.test'. Resolved by (a) addinglaunchOptions.args: ['--host-resolver-rules=MAP portfolio.test 127.0.0.1']to the Chromium project inplaywright.config.jsand (b) replacing the hardcoded domain insite-a11y.spec.jswith relative paths againstbaseURL. Commitba5e6fc. -
[High — Round 3, resolved] axe WCAG color-contrast violations on the dark surface. 6 violations across
.button--outlinein.site-header,.home-recent__view-all,.post-list__category,.sidebar a[data-id], hardcoded contact link on 404 page, and.wp-block-button__link.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color. Resolved by token-driven edits in 7 existing CSS files (no new files). Commita50ea9f0aec33359b2e816f0108ccbc3127e9aa0. -
[Medium — pre-existing, out of scope] 42 PHPCS
Generic.Files.LineEndings.InvalidEOLChar(CRLF) violations on Windows-originated files. Excluded by Task 19 brief. The five files touched during the lint fix retain their original LF endings. -
[Info]
lib/activation.php:7—isset( $_GET['activated'] )superglobal read (canonical WP pattern, no echo, gated byis_admin()). No remediation required. -
[Info]
project-stat-card.php/project-meta-row.php—$iconechoed unescaped underphpcs:ignore. Safe with current call sites; recommend tightening in a follow-up. -
[Info] PHPCS
WordPress.Security.NonceVerificationcannot prove the absence of future form handlers (it only fires when one exists). The audit found none in the current code.
6. Recommendations for future improvement
Non-blocking:
-
Decide CRLF policy. The 42 remaining
Generic.Files.LineEndings.InvalidEOLCharviolations will continue to failcomposer run lintuntil either (a) a one-timedos2unixpass, (b) a.gitattributes+git rebase --autocrlf=falsestrategy, or (c) a.phpcs.xmlexclusion is adopted. None are blocking today but they create a permanent "linter always complains" UX. -
Tighten
$iconescape in partials. Replace thephpcs:ignore+ comment-based contract inviews/components/project-stat-card.phpandviews/components/project-meta-row.phpwithwp_kses_post( $icon, array( 'svg' => …, 'path' => … ) )to make the partial safe regardless of caller. Closes the only Info item from the security audit. -
Re-enable the
single-projectspec. Remove thetest.skipintests/single.spec.jsso the project detail page is covered by axe on every CI run. -
Broaden the browser matrix. Task 18 only ran Chromium. Adding Firefox and WebKit projects to
playwright.config.jswould catch cross-engine axe / rendering differences. -
Run a dynamic pen-test. The static security audit (Task 20) confirmed escape / nonce hygiene in PHP source but cannot find runtime issues. A scheduled OWASP ZAP baseline scan against
http://portfolio.testwould close the "dynamic testing" gap noted in §1 scope. -
Document the Chromium
--host-resolver-rulesrequirement. The flag added in Round 3 is required for any developer running the Playwright suite against the local Valet-style domain. Add a one-line note intests/README.mdso future contributors don't waste time debugging "ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED". -
i18n the hardcoded
star/starsstrings.views/components/project-card.php:59hardcodes$stars . ' stars'in English. Wrap insprintf( _n( '%s star', '%s stars', $stars, 'ks-portfolio' ), $stars )for full translation support. Visible while editing in Task 19 but not flagged by PHPCS.