
Disable Block – Hide blocks in the frontend Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/disable-blockDisable Block adds a simple button to the editor to disable the block on the frontend, hiding it from viewers.
Is Disable Block – Hide blocks in the frontend Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Disable Block – Hide blocks in the frontend has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "disable-block" plugin v1.3.2 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified attack surface points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, combined with the lack of dangerous functions and secure handling of SQL queries and output, indicates good development practices for minimizing potential entry points. The taint analysis showing zero flows, especially with no unsanitized paths, further reinforces this. The plugin's clean vulnerability history, with no recorded CVEs of any severity, suggests a history of secure development and maintenance. This combination of a small, protected attack surface and a clean history points to a low-risk plugin. However, the complete absence of nonce and capability checks, while potentially acceptable given the lack of exposed entry points, is a general weakness that could become a concern if the plugin's functionality were to expand or if future vulnerabilities were discovered in its core logic.
Key Concerns
- No nonce checks implemented
- No capability checks implemented
Disable Block – Hide blocks in the frontend Security Vulnerabilities
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Maintenance & Trust
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Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/disable-block/build/css/disable-block-gutenberg.css/wp-content/plugins/disable-block/build/js/disable-block.js/wp-content/plugins/disable-block/build/js/disable-block.jsHTML / DOM Fingerprints
disableBlockdata-disableBlock/wp/v2/block-renderer