Admin Sticky Sidebar Security & Risk Analysis

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This plugin makes the right sidebar on post.php pages (where you edit a post) stick to the top of the screen when you scroll, so all functions of the …

800 active installs v1.6.5 PHP 5.6+ WP 5.0+ Updated Sep 5, 2025
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Safety Verdict

Is Admin Sticky Sidebar Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Admin Sticky Sidebar has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 10mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "admin-sticky-sidebar" plugin v1.6.5 demonstrates a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any detected entry points, including AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events, significantly limits the potential attack surface. Furthermore, the code exhibits good security practices with no dangerous functions identified, all SQL queries using prepared statements, and all output properly escaped. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests also contributes positively to its security.

The vulnerability history is also exceptionally clean, with zero known CVEs recorded, indicating a history of security-conscious development and timely patching if any issues have arisen. The taint analysis revealing zero flows with unsanitized paths, especially no critical or high severity ones, further reinforces the confidence in the plugin's current security.

Overall, this plugin appears to be very securely developed and maintained. The primary concern, albeit a minor one given the context, is the complete absence of capability checks. While this is acceptable for a plugin with zero entry points, any future introduction of functionality would necessitate the implementation of robust capability checks to maintain this high level of security. However, based solely on the current data, the risk associated with this plugin is exceptionally low.

Key Concerns

  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

Admin Sticky Sidebar Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

Admin Sticky Sidebar Release Timeline

v1.6.5Current
v1.6.4
v1.6.3
v1.6.2
v1.6.1
v1.6
v1.5.4
v1.5.3
v1.5.2
v1.5.1
v1.5
v1.4.2
v1.4.1
v1.4
v1.3.1
v1.3
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Admin Sticky Sidebar Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0
Attack Surface

Admin Sticky Sidebar Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin-sticky-sidebar.php:17
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin-sticky-sidebar.php:27
Maintenance & Trust

Admin Sticky Sidebar Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedSep 5, 2025
PHP min version5.6
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs800
Developer Profile

Admin Sticky Sidebar Developer Profile

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1 plugin · 800 total installs

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trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Admin Sticky Sidebar

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/admin-sticky-sidebar/admin-sticky-sidebar.css/wp-content/plugins/admin-sticky-sidebar/admin-sticky-sidebar.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/admin-sticky-sidebar/admin-sticky-sidebar.js
Version Parameters
admin-sticky-sidebar.css?v=1.6.5admin-sticky-sidebar.js?v=1.6.5

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Admin Sticky Sidebar