diff --git a/admin/apple-actions/index/class-delete.php b/admin/apple-actions/index/class-delete.php
index e9d4fb2c..3c21e908 100644
--- a/admin/apple-actions/index/class-delete.php
+++ b/admin/apple-actions/index/class-delete.php
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ public function perform() {
 	 */
 	private function delete() {
 		if ( ! $this->is_api_configuration_valid() ) {
-			throw new \Apple_Actions\Action_Exception( __( 'Your Apple News API settings seem to be empty. Please fill the API key, API secret and API channel fields in the plugin configuration page.', 'apple-news' ) );
+			throw new \Apple_Actions\Action_Exception( esc_html__( 'Your Apple News API settings seem to be empty. Please fill the API key, API secret and API channel fields in the plugin configuration page.', 'apple-news' ) );
 		}
 
 		$remote_id = get_post_meta( $this->id, 'apple_news_api_id', true );
 		if ( ! $remote_id ) {
-			throw new \Apple_Actions\Action_Exception( __( 'This post has not been pushed to Apple News, cannot delete.', 'apple-news' ) );
+			throw new \Apple_Actions\Action_Exception( esc_html__( 'This post has not been pushed to Apple News, cannot delete.', 'apple-news' ) );
 		}
 
 		try {
diff --git a/admin/class-admin-apple-meta-boxes.php b/admin/class-admin-apple-meta-boxes.php
index be83d0ee..488d083a 100644
--- a/admin/class-admin-apple-meta-boxes.php
+++ b/admin/class-admin-apple-meta-boxes.php
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ public static function build_sections_field( $post_id ) {
 			?>
 			<div class="section">
 				<label for="apple-news-section-<?php echo esc_attr( $section->id ); ?>">
-					<input id="apple-news-section-<?php echo esc_attr( $section->id ); ?>" name="apple_news_sections[]" type="checkbox" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $section->links->self ); ?>" <?php checked( self::section_is_checked( $apple_news_sections, $section->links->self, $section->isDefault ) ); ?>>
+					<input id="apple-news-section-<?php echo esc_attr( $section->id ); ?>" name="apple_news_sections[]" type="checkbox" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $section->links->self ); ?>" <?php checked( self::section_is_checked( $apple_news_sections, $section->links->self, $section->isDefault ) ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase ?>>
 					<?php echo esc_html( $section->name ); ?>
 				</label>
 			</div>
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-web-video.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-web-video.php
index 4a3a72c3..f75e9e7b 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-web-video.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-embed-web-video.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Embed_Web_Video extends Component {
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 		// First, check to see if the node is a YouTube or Vimeo Gutenberg block, because these are the simplest checks to make.
-		$is_figure        = 'figure' === $node->nodeName;
+		$is_figure        = 'figure' === $node->nodeName; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 		$is_vimeo_block   = self::node_has_class( $node, 'wp-block-embed-vimeo' );
 		$is_youtube_block = self::node_has_class( $node, 'wp-block-embed-youtube' );
 		if ( $is_figure && ( $is_vimeo_block || $is_youtube_block ) ) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 		}
 
 		// Second, check to see if the node contains a YouTube or Vimeo oEmbed as a text string.
-		$inner_text      = trim( $node->nodeValue );
+		$inner_text      = trim( $node->nodeValue ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 		$has_vimeo_url   = (bool) preg_match( self::VIMEO_MATCH, $inner_text );
 		$has_youtube_url = (bool) preg_match( self::YOUTUBE_MATCH, $inner_text );
 		if ( $has_vimeo_url || $has_youtube_url ) {
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tweet.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tweet.php
index 7ca29ffa..f36ad470 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tweet.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-tweet.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Tweet extends Component {
 	 */
 	public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 
+		/* phpcs:disable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 		// Handling for a Gutenberg Twitter embed.
 		if (
 			'figure' === $node->nodeName
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			'#https?://(www\.)?twitter\.com/.+?/status(es)?/.*#i',
 			trim( $node->nodeValue )
 		);
+		/* phpcs:enable WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase */
 
 		if ( self::node_has_class( $node, 'twitter-tweet' ) || $is_twitter_url ) {
 			return $node;
diff --git a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-video.php b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-video.php
index 13be12dd..09cde78b 100644
--- a/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-video.php
+++ b/includes/apple-exporter/components/class-video.php
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ public static function node_matches( $node ) {
 			// Is this a gutenberg video block?
 			( self::node_has_class( $node, 'wp-block-video' )
 				&& $node->hasChildNodes()
-				&& 'video' === $node->firstChild->nodeName
+				&& 'video' === $node->firstChild->nodeName // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 			)
 			// Or is this a stand-alone video tag?
-			|| 'video' === $node->nodeName
+			|| 'video' === $node->nodeName // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.UsedPropertyNotSnakeCase
 		) {
 			return $node;
 		}
diff --git a/includes/meta.php b/includes/meta.php
index faa653c7..132f5dc0 100644
--- a/includes/meta.php
+++ b/includes/meta.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function apple_news_register_meta_helper( $object_type, $object_slugs, $meta_key
 	// Object type must be either post or term.
 	if ( ! in_array( $object_type, [ 'post', 'term' ], true ) ) {
 		throw new InvalidArgumentException(
-			__(
+			esc_html__(
 				'Object type must be one of "post", "term".',
 				'apple-news'
 			)