
Category Reminder Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/category-reminderThis plugin requires users to assign a category to each post other than "Uncategorized".
Is Category Reminder Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Category Reminder has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "category-reminder" plugin v0.2 exhibits an excellent static security posture based on the provided analysis. There are no identified entry points such as AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that are exposed to potential attackers. Furthermore, the code analysis reveals no usage of dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, or external HTTP requests. All SQL queries are prepared, and all outputs are properly escaped. The absence of vulnerability history further bolsters its security profile. However, a significant concern is the complete lack of nonce and capability checks across all potential entry points, which are non-existent in this version. While this contributes to a minimal attack surface, it also means that if any entry points were to be introduced in future versions without proper authentication and authorization, they would be immediately vulnerable. The plugin currently shows no signs of known vulnerabilities, which is a positive indicator of its development practices so far.
Key Concerns
- No nonce checks
- No capability checks
Category Reminder Security Vulnerabilities
Category Reminder Code Analysis
Category Reminder Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 2
Maintenance & Trust
Category Reminder Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Category Reminder Developer Profile
7 plugins · 7K total installs
How We Detect Category Reminder
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
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Plugin Name: Category reminder
Plugin URI: http://blog.robfelty.com/plugins/cat-remind
Description: Forces user to assign a category other than uncategorized to a post before publishing
Author: Robert Felty
Version: 0.2
Author URI: http://robfelty.com
*/ id="category-1"id="popular-category-1"id^="taxonomy"id="in-category-1"id="in-popular-category-1"