
Children Pages Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/children-pagesDisplays children pages of the current top-parent page in a sidebar widget.
Is Children Pages Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Children Pages has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "children-pages" plugin v1.0 exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the plugin demonstrates good practices in handling SQL queries using prepared statements and has no known historical vulnerabilities. The attack surface is also zero, with no apparent AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events that could be exploited. However, significant concerns arise from the static analysis. The presence of the `create_function` dangerous function is a notable risk, as it can be a vector for code injection if not handled with extreme care, although it's not directly tied to an exploitable entry point in this analysis. More critically, 100% of the identified output operations are not properly escaped, representing a high risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Without proper escaping, any dynamic content rendered by the plugin could be manipulated by attackers to execute malicious scripts in users' browsers.
Key Concerns
- 100% of output not properly escaped
- Dangerous function 'create_function' found
Children Pages Security Vulnerabilities
Children Pages Code Analysis
Dangerous Functions Found
Output Escaping
Children Pages Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 1
Maintenance & Trust
Children Pages Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
Children Pages Alternatives
Page-list
page-list
[pagelist], [subpages], [siblings] and [pagelist_ext] shortcodes
CC Child Pages
cc-child-pages
Display WordPress child pages in a responsive grid or list using a shortcode, Gutenberg block or Elementor widget.
Auto Submenu
auto-submenu
Dynamic menus: Add a page to your menu and then let WordPress automatically add the child pages.
WP Simple HTML Sitemap
wp-simple-html-sitemap
Using Simple HTML Sitemap plugin, you can add HTML Sitemap anywhere on the website using Shortcode.
Multipage
sgr-nextpage-titles
Order your posts in subpages: multipage posts will have a table of contents linking single subpages with their titles.
Children Pages Developer Profile
3 plugins · 130 total installs
How We Detect Children Pages
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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