Disable Post Revision Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/disable-post-revision

Light weight plugin to disable post revisions for selected post types to reduce database and server load.

3K active installs v1.0.1 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Dec 9, 2025
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Disable Post Revision Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 3mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "disable-post-revision" v1.0.1 plugin presents a generally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified CVEs in its history, coupled with the plugin's limited attack surface and the fact that all SQL queries utilize prepared statements, are strong indicators of careful development practices. Furthermore, the plugin avoids dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests, all of which are positive security attributes. However, a notable concern is the low percentage of properly escaped outputs (40%). This could potentially lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if user-supplied data is not correctly handled before being displayed to users. The lack of capability checks and nonce checks, while perhaps acceptable given the plugin's stated function and limited entry points, still represents a theoretical risk if the plugin's functionality were to be expanded or if an attacker could somehow trigger its limited operations without proper authentication or authorization. The current lack of taint analysis flows doesn't necessarily imply complete safety, but rather that the analysis might have been limited or that no exploitable flows were detected within the scope of that analysis.

Key Concerns

  • Low output escaping percentage
  • Missing capability checks
  • Missing nonce checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Disable Post Revision Security Vulnerabilities

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

Disable Post Revision Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
3
2 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

40% escaped5 total outputs
Attack Surface

Disable Post Revision Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 2
actionadmin_initdisable-post-revision.php:64
actionadmin_initdisable-post-revision.php:65
Maintenance & Trust

Disable Post Revision Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 9, 2025
PHP min version
Downloads33K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs3K
Developer Profile

Disable Post Revision Developer Profile

Joel James

7 plugins · 117K total installs

76
trust score
Avg Security Score
95/100
Avg Patch Time
1175 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Disable Post Revision

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

HTML Comments
*** Thank you for your interest in Disable Post Revisions - Developed and managed by Joel James ***
Data Attributes
id="dpr"name="dpr_disabled_types[]"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Disable Post Revision