
Category Wise Search Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/category-wise-searchCategory Wise Search Widget plugin.You have option search specific category content.
Is Category Wise Search Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Category Wise Search has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "category-wise-search" v1.3 plugin exhibits a generally good security posture based on the static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of known CVEs and the plugin's clean vulnerability history indicate a diligent approach to security or a lack of past exploitation. Notably, all SQL queries are properly prepared, and there are no file operations or external HTTP requests, which are common sources of vulnerabilities. This suggests a solid foundation in preventing common web attack vectors.
Key Concerns
- Use of dangerous function create_function
- Improper output escaping (32% properly escaped)
- Lack of nonce checks
- Lack of capability checks
Category Wise Search Security Vulnerabilities
Category Wise Search Code Analysis
Dangerous Functions Found
Output Escaping
Category Wise Search Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 1
Maintenance & Trust
Category Wise Search Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
Category Wise Search Alternatives
Search Meter
search-meter
Search Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month.
Search Console
search-console
View all your Search Console data inside WordPress dashboard.
Sitekit
sitekit
Widgets: search, archives and categories. Shortcodes: archives, bloginfo, iframe and categories.
Search Engine Insights for Google Search Console
search-engine-insights
Verify site ownership on Google Search Console! Analyze the Google Search Console stats, to see your site's performance on Google Search.
Product Category Dropdowns
product-category-dropdowns
Displays product categories as dependent drop-down selects.
Category Wise Search Developer Profile
7 plugins · 3K total installs
How We Detect Category Wise Search
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
widget_searchid="searchform"id="s"id="searchsubmit"id="searchform_cat"