
Edit Lock Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/edit-lockDisable page editing on selected pages, to protect the pages from accidental or unwanted changes that might break your site.
Is Edit Lock Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Edit Lock has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "edit-lock" v1.0.3 plugin exhibits an exceptionally clean security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified attack surface entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events is a significant strength, indicating the plugin is designed to minimize exposure. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good practices with 100% of SQL queries utilizing prepared statements and a high percentage (93%) of output being properly escaped. The lack of dangerous functions, file operations, or external HTTP requests further contributes to a secure foundation. The plugin also includes capability checks, which is a positive sign for access control.
Key Concerns
- No identified vulnerability history
- No taint analysis findings
- No dangerous functions found
- 100% SQL prepared statements
- High percentage of output escaped
- No file operations
- No external HTTP requests
- No nonce checks found
- No unprotected entry points identified
- 3 capability checks present
Edit Lock Security Vulnerabilities
Edit Lock Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Edit Lock Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 9
Maintenance & Trust
Edit Lock Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Edit Lock Developer Profile
1 plugin · 500 total installs
How We Detect Edit Lock
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/edit-lock/css/edit-lock.css/wp-content/plugins/edit-lock/js/edit-lock-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/edit-lock/js/edit-lock-admin.jsedit-lock/css/edit-lock.css?ver=edit-lock/js/edit-lock-admin.js?ver=HTML / DOM Fingerprints
edit-lock--warning-contentedit-lock--warning-dismiss-buttonid="edit-lock--warning"class="notification-dialog-wrap hide-if-no-js"