Assign Staff as Author for Total Security & Risk Analysis

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Assign staff members as the "author" for any page or post to be displayed in the post meta or author bio.

20 active installs v2.1.1 PHP 7.0+ WP 6.3+ Updated Mar 10, 2026
custom-authorstaff-post-typetotal-theme
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A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Assign Staff as Author for Total Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Assign Staff as Author for Total has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 2mo ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin 'assign-staff-as-author-for-total' v2.1.1 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any detected attack surface, dangerous functions, or taint flows is highly commendable and suggests robust development practices. Furthermore, the plugin demonstrates excellent adherence to WordPress security standards by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries and ensuring that a high percentage of output is properly escaped. The presence of nonce and capability checks, although limited in number, also indicates an awareness of authorization and security mechanisms.

The vulnerability history is also exceptionally clean, with no known CVEs recorded. This, coupled with the lack of critical or high-severity issues identified in static analysis, points to a plugin that has likely been well-maintained and secured. The absence of any file operations or external HTTP requests further reduces potential attack vectors. While the plugin has no apparent weaknesses based on this data, the limited scope of the static analysis (zero flows analyzed for taint) means that complex or context-dependent vulnerabilities might not have been uncovered. Overall, this plugin appears to be a very secure option, with its strengths heavily outweighing any potential, albeit unconfirmed, weaknesses.

Vulnerabilities
None known

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

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v2.1.1Current
v2.1
v2.0
v1.1
Code Analysis
Analyzed Apr 16, 2026

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Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
49 escaped
Nonce Checks
3
Capability Checks
3
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

96% escaped51 total outputs
Attack Surface

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Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 11
actionadmin_initassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:50
actionadmin_menuassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:51
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:52
actionbulk_edit_custom_boxassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:53
actionquick_edit_custom_boxassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:54
filterpre_get_avatarassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:56
filterthe_authorassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:57
filterauthor_linkassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:58
filterget_the_author_descriptionassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:59
filterwpex_get_user_social_linksassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:60
actionpre_get_postsassign-staff-as-author-for-total.php:91
Maintenance & Trust

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Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedMar 10, 2026
PHP min version7.0
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs20
Developer Profile

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wpexplorer

15 plugins · 22K total installs

91
trust score
Avg Security Score
96/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Assign Staff as Author for Total

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/assets/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/assign-staff-as-author-for-total/assets/js/admin.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
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HTML Comments
Assign Staff as Author for Total is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or any later version.Assign Staff as Author for Total is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Assign Staff as Author for Total. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.Exit if accessed directly+2 more
Data Attributes
name="assign_staff_author_total[post_types][]"name="assign_staff_author_total[bio_length]"id="assign_staff_author_total-post-types-data-assign-staff-author-id="data-assign-staff-author-post-id="
FAQ

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