Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/customize-private-protected

Use WP Customize to modify elements of password protected and private posts and pages.

300 active installs v1.3.4 PHP 7.0+ WP 5.8+ Updated Oct 4, 2025
password-protectedprefixprivateremovewidget
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 6mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'customize-private-protected' v1.3.4 plugin demonstrates a strong adherence to secure coding practices, as evidenced by its static analysis results. There are no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, resulting in a minimal attack surface. Crucially, the plugin employs prepared statements for all SQL queries, and a high percentage of its output is properly escaped, mitigating common injection and XSS vulnerabilities. The absence of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and unpatched CVEs further strengthens its security posture. The plugin also shows no history of vulnerabilities, which is a positive indicator of ongoing secure development. However, the complete lack of nonce and capability checks across all entry points (though there are none identified) represents a potential blind spot. If functionality were to be added in the future that involved user interaction or sensitive data, the absence of these fundamental security checks would immediately introduce significant risks.

Key Concerns

  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Security Vulnerabilities

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

Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

87% escaped15 total outputs
Attack Surface

Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 9
actioncustomize_registercustomize-private-protected.php:388
filterprotected_title_formatcustomize-private-protected.php:440
filterprivate_title_formatcustomize-private-protected.php:451
actionwidgets_initcustomize-private-protected.php:482
filterthe_password_formcustomize-private-protected.php:532
actionadmin_noticescustomize-private-protected.php:552
actionwp_enqueue_scriptscustomize-private-protected.php:565
actioncustomize_preview_initcustomize-private-protected.php:594
filterbody_classcustomize-private-protected.php:608
Maintenance & Trust

Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedOct 4, 2025
PHP min version7.0
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating94/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs300
Developer Profile

Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more Developer Profile

kirkclarke

1 plugin · 300 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/customize-private-protected/css/custom-controls.css
Version Parameters
customize-private-protected/css/custom-controls.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
cpp-customize-controlinput-group-appendinput-group-text
Data Attributes
data-customize-setting-link
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Customize Private & Protected – Change or remove title prefix and more