Animate Your Content Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/animate-your-content

Animate Your Content plugin

20 active installs v1.0.0 PHP + WP 2.1+ Updated Feb 26, 2014
animatedanimationcoolcss3special-effect
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Animate Your Content Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Animate Your Content has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 12yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "animate-your-content" v1.0.0 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, and external HTTP requests, coupled with 100% proper output escaping, indicates a well-developed and secure codebase. The lack of any recorded vulnerabilities in its history further reinforces this impression, suggesting diligent development and patching practices.

However, a notable concern arises from the absence of nonce checks and capability checks. While the plugin has a small attack surface consisting of only two shortcodes, and all entry points are identified as unprotected, the lack of these fundamental security mechanisms means that these shortcodes could potentially be exploited by unauthenticated users if they were to accept or process user-supplied data without proper validation. The taint analysis also yielded no results, which is positive, but the absence of checks makes it difficult to be completely certain about the safety of data processing within the shortcodes.

In conclusion, the plugin demonstrates excellent adherence to secure coding principles in many areas. The primary weakness lies in the oversight of essential security checks like nonces and capabilities on its entry points. This could be a significant vulnerability if the shortcodes handle any form of user input, even if currently not apparent in the static analysis. Future versions should prioritize implementing these checks.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Animate Your Content Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Animate Your Content Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped1 total outputs
Attack Surface

Animate Your Content Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

Shortcodes 2

[animation-set] plugin.php:61
[animation-element] plugin.php:62
WordPress Hooks 2
actioninitplugin.php:51
filterthe_contentplugin.php:65
Maintenance & Trust

Animate Your Content Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.7.41
Last updatedFeb 26, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating60/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs20
Developer Profile

Animate Your Content Developer Profile

Fides IT

2 plugins · 40 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Animate Your Content

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/animate-your-content/js/ayc.js
Script Paths
http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/latest/TweenMax.min.js/wp-content/plugins/animate-your-content/js/ayc.js
Version Parameters
animate-your-content/js/ayc.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
ayc_typeayc_timeayc_delayayc_effectayc_idgsap_duration+1 more
JS Globals
gsapTweenMax
Shortcode Output
<div ayc_type="animation-set"<div id="ayc_
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Animate Your Content