Disable Pingbacks Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pingbacksThis plugin disables the Pingback functionality in your blog.
Is Disable Pingbacks Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Disable Pingbacks has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "disable-pingbacks" v1.0 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified entry points into the plugin's code that are exposed to attack without authentication, nor are there any evident dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, unescaped output, file operations, or external HTTP requests. The absence of any taint analysis findings further reinforces this positive assessment, indicating no pathways for unsanitized data to be processed. Furthermore, the plugin's vulnerability history is completely clean, with no recorded CVEs of any severity, which is a significant indicator of robust development and security awareness.
Disable Pingbacks Security Vulnerabilities
Disable Pingbacks Code Analysis
Disable Pingbacks Attack Surface
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Maintenance & Trust
Disable Pingbacks Maintenance & Trust
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Disable Pingbacks Developer Profile
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How We Detect Disable Pingbacks
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.