Image Placeholders Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-color-images

Displays placeholders based on an image's dominant color while the image is loading.

70K active installs v1.2.1 PHP 7.2+ WP 6.6+ Updated Feb 27, 2026
dominant-colorimagesperformance
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Image Placeholders Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 1mo ago
Risk Assessment

Based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history, the "dominant-color-images" plugin v1.2.1 exhibits an exceptionally strong security posture. The static analysis reveals a complete absence of any identifiable attack surface, including AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events. Furthermore, the code demonstrates excellent security practices by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries, ensuring all outputs are properly escaped, and avoiding dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests. The absence of taint analysis findings further reinforces this positive assessment, indicating no identified flows with unsanitized data. The plugin's vulnerability history is also pristine, with no recorded CVEs of any severity. This combination of a minimal attack surface, robust coding practices, and a clean history suggests a very low risk of exploitation. The primary area of concern, if any can be identified from this limited data, is the complete lack of nonce and capability checks. While the absence of an attack surface mitigates the immediate risk, this could become a vulnerability if new entry points are introduced in future updates without proper security measures.

Key Concerns

  • Missing nonce checks
  • Missing capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Image Placeholders Security Vulnerabilities

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

Image Placeholders Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped3 total outputs
Attack Surface

Image Placeholders Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 9
filterwp_image_editorshelper.php:97
filterwp_generate_attachment_metadatahooks.php:43
filterwp_get_attachment_image_attributeshooks.php:84
filterwp_content_img_taghooks.php:162
actionwp_enqueue_scriptshooks.php:178
actionwp_headhooks.php:191
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptshooks.php:210
actionadmin_print_footer_scriptshooks.php:246
filterwp_prepare_attachment_for_jshooks.php:285
Maintenance & Trust

Image Placeholders Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested7.0
Last updatedFeb 27, 2026
PHP min version7.2
Downloads383K

Community Trust

Rating70/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs70K
Developer Profile

Image Placeholders Developer Profile

WordPress Performance Team

10 plugins · 700K total installs

79
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
336 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Image Placeholders

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/dominant-color-images/dominant-color-images.php
Generator Patterns
dominant-color-images

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
has-transparencynot-transparent
Data Attributes
data-has-transparencydata-dominant-colorstyle="--dominant-color: #
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Image Placeholders