diff --git a/includes/REST/apple-news-get-settings.php b/includes/REST/apple-news-get-settings.php
index 691b5677..bd9c2e36 100644
--- a/includes/REST/apple-news-get-settings.php
+++ b/includes/REST/apple-news-get-settings.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * @param array $data data from query args.
  * @return array updated response.
  */
-function get_settings_response( $data ) { // phpcs:ignore VariableAnalysis.CodeAnalysis.VariableAnalysis.UnusedVariable
+function get_settings_response( $data ) { // phpcs:ignore Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter.Found
 	// Ensure Apple News is first initialized.
 	\Apple_News::has_uninitialized_error();
 
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/class-component-factory.php b/includes/apple-exporter/class-component-factory.php
index 62ba484d..ec07e2b6 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/class-component-factory.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/class-component-factory.php
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ public static function get_component( $shortname, $html ) {
 	 * @return array An array of components contained in the node.
 	 */
 	public static function get_components_from_node( $node ) {
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		$result = [];
 
 		foreach ( self::$components as $shortname => $class ) {
@@ -241,5 +242,6 @@ public static function get_components_from_node( $node ) {
 		}
 
 		return $result;
+		/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 	}
 }
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/class-exporter-content.php b/includes/apple-exporter/class-exporter-content.php
index 0ec0d04c..988ce69a 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/class-exporter-content.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/class-exporter-content.php
@@ -292,6 +292,6 @@ public function nodes() {
 
 		// Find the first-level nodes of the body tag.
 		$body = $dom->getElementsByTagName( 'body' )->item( 0 );
-		return $body ? $body->childNodes : new \DOMNodeList();
+		return $body ? $body->childNodes : new \DOMNodeList(); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 	}
 }
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/class-markdown.php b/includes/apple-exporter/class-markdown.php
index 71ed80c8..b91e5417 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/class-markdown.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/class-markdown.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  * @since 0.2.0
  */
 
+/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
+
 namespace Apple_Exporter;
 
 use DOMElement;
@@ -306,3 +308,4 @@ private function parse_node_unordered_list( $node ) {
 		return $text . "\n\n";
 	}
 }
+/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-body.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-body.php
index 6d62e93a..5e00b9a0 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-body.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-body.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Body extends Component {
 	 * @return array|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		// We are only interested in p, pre, ul and ol.
 		if ( ! in_array( $node->nodeName, [ 'p', 'pre', 'ul', 'ol' ], true ) ) {
 			return null;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			$open,
 			$close
 		);
+		/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ public function set_default_style() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether to apply a dropcap style for the component.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param \Apple_Exporter\Theme $theme Object that stores theme level dropcap configuration.
 	 * @param string                $html The HTML to check for dropcap conditions. Should be the first paragraph of the post content.
 	 *
@@ -471,17 +473,17 @@ private function dropcap_determination( $theme, $html ) {
 			$use_dropcap = false;
 		}
 
-		/** 
+		/**
 		 * Allows for filtering of the dropcap content before return.
-		 * 
+		 *
 		 * @since 2.4.0
-		 * 
+		 *
 		 * @param bool                  $use_dropcap Whether to apply a dropcap to this paragraph or not.
 		 * @param string                $html The post content to filter.
 		 * @param \Apple_Exporter\Theme $theme The theme whose dropcap options are used.
 		 * @param string                $post_id The id of the post whose content we're parsing.
 		 */
-		return apply_filters( 'apple_news_dropcap', $use_dropcap, $html, $theme, $this->workspace->content_id ); 
+		return apply_filters( 'apple_news_dropcap', $use_dropcap, $html, $theme, $this->workspace->content_id );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-generic.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-generic.php
index 341ac6ec..f27249cd 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-generic.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-generic.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Embed_Generic extends Component {
 	 * @return \DOMElement|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
-
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		// If we aren't on an element node, bail out.
 		if ( 1 !== $node->nodeType ) {
 			return null;
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			&& 'iframe' === $node->childNodes->item( 0 )->nodeName
 		) {
 			return $node;
+			/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		}
 
 		// Anything else isn't supported out of the box.
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-facebook.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-facebook.php
index da0809a7..4d1f57c7 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-facebook.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-facebook.php
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public function register_specs() {
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		// Handling for a Gutenberg Facebook embed.
 		if (
 			'figure' === $node->nodeName
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			) {
 				return $node;
 			}
+			/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		}
 
 		// facebook not found.
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-gallery.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-gallery.php
index d8c15e29..18e1e906 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-gallery.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-gallery.php
@@ -109,17 +109,17 @@ protected function build( $html ) {
 		}
 
 		// Determine if we have items.
-		if ( empty( $container->childNodes ) ) {
+		if ( empty( $container->childNodes ) ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			return;
 		}
 
 		// Loop through items and construct slides.
 		$theme = \Apple_Exporter\Theme::get_used();
 		$items = [];
-		foreach ( $container->childNodes as $item ) {
+		foreach ( $container->childNodes as $item ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 
 			// Convert item into HTML for regex matching.
-			$item_html = $item->ownerDocument->saveXML( $item );
+			$item_html = $item->ownerDocument->saveXML( $item ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 
 			// Try to get URL.
 			if ( ! preg_match( '/src="([^"]+)"/', $item_html, $matches ) ) {
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-heading.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-heading.php
index 61ec1e3e..5af2476b 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-heading.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-heading.php
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			self::$levels[ count( self::$levels ) - 1 ]
 		);
 
-		if ( ! preg_match( $regex, $node->nodeName ) ) {
+		if ( ! preg_match( $regex, $node->nodeName ) ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$html = $node->ownerDocument->saveXML( $node );
+		$html = $node->ownerDocument->saveXML( $node ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 		if ( preg_match( '#<img.*?>#si', $html ) ) {
 			return self::split_image( $html );
 		}
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-image.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-image.php
index ff52a5e1..55817305 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-image.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-image.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Image extends Component {
 	 * @return \DOMElement|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 
 		$has_image_child = false;
 		// If this is a figure and it has children, see if we can find an image.
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 		}
 
 		return null;
+		/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-instagram.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-instagram.php
index 8198c8d0..42056657 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-instagram.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-instagram.php
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 
 		// Handling for a Gutenberg Instagram embed.
 		if (
-			'figure' === $node->nodeName
+			'figure' === $node->nodeName // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			&& self::node_has_class( $node, 'wp-block-embed-instagram' )
 		) {
 			return $node;
 		}
 
 		// Handle Instagram oEmbed URLs.
-		if ( false !== self::get_instagram_url( $node->nodeValue ) ) {
+		if ( false !== self::get_instagram_url( $node->nodeValue ) ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			return $node;
 		}
 
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-link-button.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-link-button.php
index 939f2e45..556600f0 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-link-button.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-link-button.php
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ class Link_Button extends Component {
 	 * @return \DOMElement|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
-		return 'a' === $node->nodeName
+		return 'a' === $node->nodeName // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			&& self::node_has_class( $node, 'wp-block-button__link' )
 			&& ! empty( $node->getAttribute( 'href' ) )
-			&& ! empty( $node->nodeValue )
+			&& ! empty( $node->nodeValue ) // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 				? $node
 				: null;
 	}
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-podcast.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-podcast.php
index 4acdd57b..8d2673a5 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-podcast.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-podcast.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Podcast extends Component {
 	 * Look for node matches for this component.
 	 *
 	 * @param \DOMElement $node The node to examine for matches.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @return \DOMElement|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ private static function get_podcast_url( $node ) {
 
 		// Remove iframe specific `embed.` prefix on podcast url.
 		$url = str_replace( 'embed.podcasts.apple.com', 'podcasts.apple.com', $url );
-		
+
 		// Parse url into component parts.
-		$url_comps = parse_url( $url );
+		$url_comps = wp_parse_url( $url );
 
 		// Reassemble url without query params.
 		$url = sprintf(
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-quote.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-quote.php
index 28c18795..e79e5a90 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-quote.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-quote.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Quote extends Component {
 	 * @return \DOMElement|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
-		return ( 'blockquote' === $node->nodeName || ( isset( $node->firstChild->tagName ) && 'blockquote' === $node->firstChild->tagName ) ) ? $node : null;
+		return ( 'blockquote' === $node->nodeName || ( isset( $node->firstChild->tagName ) && 'blockquote' === $node->firstChild->tagName ) ) ? $node : null; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-table.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-table.php
index 784485e8..71d5290e 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-table.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-table.php
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			(
 				self::node_has_class( $node, 'wp-block-table' ) &&
 				$node->hasChildNodes() &&
-				'table' === $node->firstChild->nodeName
+				'table' === $node->firstChild->nodeName // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			) ||
-			'table' === $node->nodeName ) {
+			'table' === $node->nodeName ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			return $node;
 		}
 
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tiktok.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tiktok.php
index 45b50ba0..d9c4ca44 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tiktok.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tiktok.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class TikTok extends Component {
 	 * @return \DOMElement|null The node on success, or null on no match.
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 
 		// Handling for a Gutenberg TikTok embed.
 		if (
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			&& self::node_has_class( $node, 'tiktok-embed' )
 		) {
 			return $node;
+			/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		}
 
 		return null;
diff --git a/includes/apple-push-api/class-mime-builder.php b/includes/apple-push-api/class-mime-builder.php
index 505ac9cf..5e93fe44 100644
--- a/includes/apple-push-api/class-mime-builder.php
+++ b/includes/apple-push-api/class-mime-builder.php
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ private function build_attachment( $name, $filename, $content, $mime_type, $size
 			throw new Request_Exception(
 				sprintf(
 					// translators: token is an attachment filename.
-					__( 'The attachment %s could not be included in the request because it was empty.', 'apple-news' ),
-					esc_html( $filename )
+					esc_html__( 'The attachment %s could not be included in the request because it was empty.', 'apple-news' ),
+					$filename // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped
 				)
 			);
 		}
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ private function build_attachment( $name, $filename, $content, $mime_type, $size
 			throw new Request_Exception(
 				sprintf(
 					// translators: first token is the filename, second is the file size.
-					__( 'The attachment %1$s could not be included in the request because its size was %2$s.', 'apple-news' ),
-					esc_html( $filename ),
-					esc_html( $size )
+					esc_html__( 'The attachment %1$s could not be included in the request because its size was %2$s.', 'apple-news' ),
+					$filename, // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped
+					$size // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped
 				)
 			);
 		}
diff --git a/tests/admin/test-class-admin-apple-themes.php b/tests/admin/test-class-admin-apple-themes.php
index 3e580c41..441a9edd 100644
--- a/tests/admin/test-class-admin-apple-themes.php
+++ b/tests/admin/test-class-admin-apple-themes.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use Apple_Exporter\Theme;
 
 /**
- *
+ * A class to test the Admin_Apple_Themes class.
  */
 class Admin_Apple_Themes_Test extends Apple_News_Testcase {
 
diff --git a/tests/mocks/class-bc-cms-api.php b/tests/mocks/class-bc-cms-api.php
index a8062bf2..e8f4f4d6 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/class-bc-cms-api.php
+++ b/tests/mocks/class-bc-cms-api.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class BC_CMS_API {
 	 *
 	 * @return array Array of the video's images retrieved.
 	 */
-	public function video_get_images( $video_id ) {
+	public function video_get_images( $video_id ) { // phpcs:ignore Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter.Found
 		return [
 			'poster'    => [
 				'src'     => 'https://cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/jit/1234567890/abcd1234-ef56-ab78-cd90-efabcd123456/main/1280x720/1s234ms/match/image.jpg',