Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/bordered-blocks

Bordered Blocks adds subtle borders to all blocks in the WordPress Post/Page editor to give you a much better overview of the layout of your page.

200 active installs v1.1.7 PHP + WP 5.9+ Updated Jan 14, 2026
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor 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 "bordered-blocks" plugin v1.1.7 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any detected dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, or external HTTP requests is highly positive. Furthermore, the plugin demonstrates good practices by properly escaping all output and utilizing prepared statements for any SQL interactions, which are nonexistent in this case. The presence of nonce and capability checks indicates an awareness of WordPress security fundamentals, even with a minimal attack surface.

The taint analysis shows no identified flows with unsanitized paths, which is an excellent sign and suggests that there are no immediate injection vulnerabilities to exploit. The vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs recorded for this plugin. This lack of past vulnerabilities, combined with the current clean analysis, suggests a well-maintained and secure codebase.

In conclusion, "bordered-blocks" v1.1.7 appears to be a very secure plugin. The developers have implemented solid security practices, and there are no apparent vulnerabilities from the static analysis or historical data. The minimal attack surface and absence of any flagged code signals contribute to its strong security rating.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Security Vulnerabilities

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

Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped57 total outputs
Attack Surface

Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actionadmin_post_save_borderedblocks_optionsbordered-blocks.php:474
actionenqueue_block_assetsbordered-blocks.php:646
actionadmin_menubordered-blocks.php:647
actionadmin_initbordered-blocks.php:648
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsbordered-blocks.php:650
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsbordered-blocks.php:651
Maintenance & Trust

Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedJan 14, 2026
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings5
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor Developer Profile

Senff - a11n

7 plugins · 9K total installs

79
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
1004 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/bordered-blocks/assets/css/bordered-blocks.css
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/bordered-blocks/assets/js/bordered-blocks.js
Version Parameters
bordered-blocks.js?ver=1.1.7bordered-blocks.css?ver=1.1.7

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
borderedblocks-settings-generalnav-tab-wrappernav-tab
Data Attributes
data-labelcolordata-labelbackgrounddata-labelsizedata-labelopacitydata-bordercolordata-borderstyle+6 more
JS Globals
borderedblocks_loader
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Bordered Blocks – Add subtle borders or outlines and labels to Blocks in the Editor