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Testing WordPress Theme Database Management in WPScan

This test suite validates the WPScan database functionality for WordPress themes, focusing on theme slug management and categorization. It ensures proper handling of popular and vulnerable theme classifications in the WPScan security scanning system.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite provides comprehensive coverage of the WPScan Themes database functionality.

Key areas tested include:

Theme slug retrieval and management
Popular themes identification
Vulnerable themes detection
Cross-category theme validation

Edge cases are covered through themes appearing in multiple categories, ensuring robust classification handling.

Implementation Analysis

The implementation utilizes RSpec’s behavior-driven development approach with subject/described_class patterns for clean test organization. The tests leverage RSpec’s implicit subject testing with the ‘its’ syntax for concise assertions, demonstrating modern Ruby testing practices.

Technical patterns include:

Shared example groups for common behavior
Array comparison testing
Subject-based test structure

Technical Details

Testing infrastructure includes:

RSpec testing framework
Frozen string literals for optimization
Subject/described_class pattern
Array comparison matchers

Configuration leverages RSpec’s built-in expectation syntax and implicit subject testing capabilities.

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test suite exemplifies high-quality testing practices through focused, atomic test cases and clear organizational structure. Each test method validates a specific aspect of theme management, maintaining single responsibility principle.

Notable practices:

Consistent method naming conventions
Isolated test scenarios
Clear expectation definitions
Efficient test data organization

wpscanteam/wpscan

spec/lib/db/themes_spec.rb

            
# frozen_string_literal: true

describe WPScan::DB::Themes do
  subject(:themes) { described_class }

  describe '#all_slugs' do
    its(:all_slugs) { should eql %w[no-vulns-popular vulnerable-not-popular dignitas-themes yaaburnee-themes] }
  end

  describe '#popular_slugs' do
    its(:popular_slugs) { should eql %w[no-vulns-popular dignitas-themes] }
  end

  describe '#vulnerable_slugs' do
    its(:vulnerable_slugs) { should eql %w[vulnerable-not-popular dignitas-themes yaaburnee-themes] }
  end
end