Daylife Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/daylife

Add high quality licensed images relevant to your blog posts from sources like Getty, AP, Reuters and US Presswire.

10 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 3.1+ Updated Jul 26, 2012
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Daylife Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Daylife has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 13yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "daylife" v1.1 plugin exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. It demonstrates good practices by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries, maintaining a high percentage of properly escaped output, and implementing nonce and capability checks on its entry points. The absence of dangerous functions, critical or high severity taint flows, and known vulnerabilities in its history further contribute to its positive security assessment.

However, there are minor areas for improvement. The presence of two AJAX handlers, even with checks, represents an attack surface that, if misconfigured or bypassed, could pose a risk. While the current analysis indicates no unsanitized paths or unescaped output issues, the static analysis covers a limited scope of total flows and output instances. The plugin's history of no recorded vulnerabilities, while positive, could also indicate limited testing or a short lifespan, making future unknown vulnerabilities a possibility.

Overall, "daylife" v1.1 appears to be a relatively secure plugin, adhering to many security best practices. The limited attack surface with apparent protection mechanisms and the clean vulnerability history are significant strengths. The main areas to monitor would be the robustness of the existing checks on the AJAX handlers and the ongoing security maintenance of the plugin.

Key Concerns

  • AJAX handlers present, though secured
  • Limited output escaping identified
  • File operations present
  • External HTTP requests present
Vulnerabilities
None known

Daylife Security Vulnerabilities

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

Daylife Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
7
48 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
2
External Requests
1
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

87% escaped55 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
image_load (inc\meta-box.php:126)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Daylife Attack Surface

Entry Points2
Unprotected0

AJAX Handlers 2

authwp_ajax_daylife-image-searchinc\meta-box.php:14
authwp_ajax_daylife-image-loadinc\meta-box.php:15
WordPress Hooks 7
actioninitinc\meta-box.php:8
actionadd_meta_boxesinc\meta-box.php:12
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsinc\meta-box.php:13
filterimage_add_caption_shortcodeinc\meta-box.php:155
actionadmin_menuinc\options.php:8
actionadmin_initinc\options.php:9
actiondaylife-supported-post-typesinc\options.php:10
Maintenance & Trust

Daylife Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.4.2
Last updatedJul 26, 2012
PHP min version
Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Alternatives

Daylife Alternatives

No alternatives data available yet.

Developer Profile

Daylife Developer Profile

Pete Mall

2 plugins · 20 total installs

89
trust score
Avg Security Score
93/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Daylife

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/daylife/daylife.js/wp-content/plugins/daylife/daylife.css
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/daylife/daylife.js
Version Parameters
daylife.js?ver=daylife.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
daylife-image-wrapdaylife-overlaydaylife-stedaylife-response
Data Attributes
data-thumb_urldata-urldata-creditdata-captiondata-daylife_urldata-image_title+2 more
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Daylife