Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/essential-wp-tools

Essential WP Tools is an all-in-one solution for customizing features, optimizing speed, boosting security, improving SEO, and enhancing WordPress.

10 active installs v2.1.2 PHP 7.1+ WP 5.0+ Updated Aug 21, 2024

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A · Safe

CVEs total0

Unpatched0

Last CVENever

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Safety Verdict

Is Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago

Risk Assessment

The essential-wp-tools plugin, version 2.1.2, exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, it demonstrates strong practices regarding SQL queries, exclusively utilizing prepared statements, and a high percentage of properly escaped output. The absence of known CVEs and any recorded past vulnerabilities is a significant strength, suggesting a generally well-maintained codebase. However, a notable concern arises from its attack surface. A considerable number of AJAX handlers lack authentication checks, presenting a potential avenue for unauthorized actions if these handlers are exploitable. While taint analysis did not reveal critical or high-severity vulnerabilities, the presence of flows with unsanitized paths warrants attention, as these could potentially lead to issues if input is not handled rigorously in those specific code paths. The plugin also has file operation capabilities, which, combined with unprotected AJAX endpoints, could be a vector for abuse.

Key Concerns

Unprotected AJAX handlers
Flows with unsanitized paths found

Vulnerabilities

None known

Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.

Code Analysis

Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions

Raw SQL Queries

1 prepared

Unescaped Output

761 escaped

Nonce Checks

Capability Checks

File Operations

External Requests

Bundled Libraries

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared1 total queries

Output Escaping

90% escaped841 total outputs

Data Flows

2 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

4 flows2 with unsanitized paths

<redirect-https-ssl> (modules\essential-tools\hooks\redirect-https-ssl.php:0)

Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized

Attack Surface

6 unprotected

Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more Attack Surface

Entry Points8

Unprotected6

AJAX Handlers 6

authwp_ajax_ewpt_upload_moduleadmin\ewpt-admin-settings.php:1500

authwp_ajax_ewpt_replace_moduleadmin\ewpt-admin-settings.php:1599

authwp_ajax_ewpt_activate_moduleadmin\ewpt-admin-settings.php:1695

authwp_ajax_ewpt_delete_moduleadmin\ewpt-admin-settings.php:1721

authwp_ajax_ewpt_form_submitessential-wp-tools.php:222

authwp_ajax_php_infomodules\system-info\ewpt-system-info.php:696

Shortcodes 2

[ewpt_ad_insert_hub] modules\ad-insert-hub\ewpt-ad-insert-hub-shortcodes-generator.php:10

[ewpt_social_share_hub] modules\social-share-hub\ewpt-social-share-hub-shortcodes-generator.php:11

WordPress Hooks 132

actionadmin_menuadmin\ewpt-about.php:9

filteradmin_titleadmin\ewpt-admin-functions.php:468

actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsadmin\ewpt-admin-functions.php:802

actioninitadmin\ewpt-admin-settings.php:17

actionadmin_menuadmin\ewpt-admin-settings.php:27

actioninitmodules\ad-insert-hub\ewpt-ad-insert-hub.php:11

actionadmin_menumodules\ad-insert-hub\ewpt-ad-insert-hub.php:60

filterthe_contentmodules\ad-insert-hub\hooks\the_content_hook.php:26

filterrest_authentication_errorsmodules\essential-tools\ewpt-essential-tools-functions.php:38

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\ewpt-essential-tools.php:13

actionadmin_menumodules\essential-tools\ewpt-essential-tools.php:140

filterget_the_excerptmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-auto-excerpt.php:13

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-search-slug.php:9

actiontemplate_redirectmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-search-slug.php:17

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-user-slug.php:9

filterauthor_rewrite_rulesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-user-slug.php:18

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-user-slug.php:34

filterlogin_headerurlmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-wp-login-logo-url.php:10

actionlogin_enqueue_scriptsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\affix-custom-wp-login-page-logo.php:11

filterembed_defaultsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\customize-oembed-width-height.php:13

filteradmin_bar_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\customize-replace-wp-howdy.php:12

filteradmin_footer_textmodules\essential-tools\hooks\customize-wp-admin-footer-text.php:12

actiontemplate_redirectmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-attachment-pages.php:10

actiontemplate_redirectmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-author-archives.php:13

filterauthor_linkmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-author-archives.php:23

filterthe_author_posts_linkmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-author-archives.php:24

filterwp_sitemaps_add_providermodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-author-archives.php:27

filteruser_row_actionsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-author-archives.php:35

filterintermediate_image_sizes_advancedmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-auto-generated-images-sizes.php:21

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-auto-generated-images-sizes.php:38

filterbig_image_size_thresholdmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-auto-generated-images-sizes.php:50

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-automatic-trash-emptying.php:10

filterauto_core_update_send_emailmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-automatic-updates-emails.php:10

filterauto_plugin_update_send_emailmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-automatic-updates-emails.php:13

filterauto_theme_update_send_emailmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-automatic-updates-emails.php:16

filterbig_image_size_thresholdmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-big-image-threshold.php:13

actionadmin_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-blog-posts-type.php:13

actionadmin_bar_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-blog-posts-type.php:18

actionwp_dashboard_setupmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-blog-posts-type.php:23

actionwp_footermodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-frontend-copy-paste.php:12

filteruse_block_editor_for_postmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-gutenberg-editor.php:10

actionwp_default_scriptsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-jquery-migrate-script.php:12

filteruse_widgets_block_editormodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-widget-blocks.php:10

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:10

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:16

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:21

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:26

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:31

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:36

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:41

filtershow_admin_barmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-admin-bar.php:46

actionadmin_initmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-comments.php:10

filtercomments_openmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-comments.php:30

filterpings_openmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-comments.php:31

filtercomments_arraymodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-comments.php:34

actionadmin_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-comments.php:37

actionadmin_bar_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-comments.php:42

filterblock_editor_settings_allmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-editor-code-editing.php:10

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-rest-api.php:16

actionparse_querymodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-search.php:10

actionwidgets_initmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-search.php:22

filterget_search_formmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-search.php:27

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-search.php:30

actionadmin_bar_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-search.php:41

actionadmin_menumodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-site-health.php:10

actioncurrent_screenmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-site-health.php:15

actionwp_dashboard_setupmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-wp-site-health.php:24

filterxmlrpc_enabledmodules\essential-tools\hooks\disable-xml-rpc.php:10

actionwp_footermodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-external-links-in-new-tab.php:12

filterupload_mimesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-fonts-files-upload.php:13

filterwp_image_editorsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-gd-library-instead-image-magick.php:13

filterupload_mimesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-ico-files-upload.php:13

filterwp_check_filetype_and_extmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-ico-files-upload.php:34

filterwp_revisions_to_keepmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-limit-wp-post-revisions-number.php:12

actionpre_get_postsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-posts-sort-order.php:9

filterupload_mimesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-svg-files-upload.php:13

filterwp_check_filetype_and_extmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-svg-files-upload.php:34

filterwidget_textmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-text-widget-shortcode.php:10

filterupload_mimesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-webp-files-upload.php:13

filterwp_check_filetype_and_extmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-webp-files-upload.php:33

filterpost_row_actionsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-wp-duplicate-posts-pages.php:12

filterpage_row_actionsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-wp-duplicate-posts-pages.php:32

actionadmin_action_ewpt_duplicate_post_as_draftmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-wp-duplicate-posts-pages.php:54

actionadmin_noticesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-wp-duplicate-posts-pages.php:147

actionpublish_postmodules\essential-tools\hooks\enable-wp-posts-minimum-words-count.php:13

actiontemplate_redirectmodules\essential-tools\hooks\redirect-empty-search-query.php:9

actiontemplate_redirectmodules\essential-tools\hooks\redirect-https-ssl.php:9

filterscreen_options_show_screenmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-admin-screen-options-tab.php:10

filterpre_get_postsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-attachments-from-search-result.php:10

filterscript_loader_srcmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-frontend-scripts-version.php:10

filterstyle_loader_srcmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-frontend-styles-version.php:9

actionwp_print_stylesmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-gutenberg-blocks-library-css.php:10

actionpre_get_postsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-pages-from-search-result.php:10

actionpre_get_postsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-posts-from-search-result.php:10

filterregister_post_type_argsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-posts-list-menus-customizer.php:9

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-query-strings-from-static-files.php:13

filterscript_loader_srcmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-query-strings-from-static-files.php:14

filterstyle_loader_srcmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-query-strings-from-static-files.php:18

filterthe_generatormodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-wp-generator-tag.php:9

actionadmin_initmodules\essential-tools\hooks\remove-wp-welcome-panel.php:10

actioninitmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:11

actiondo_feed_rdfmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:12

actiondo_feed_rssmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:20

actiondo_feed_rss2modules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:28

actiondo_feed_atommodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:36

actiondo_feed_rss2_commentsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:44

actiondo_feed_atom_commentsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-disable.php:52

filterthe_excerpt_rssmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-featured-image.php:10

filterthe_content_feedmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-featured-image.php:18

filterposts_wheremodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-publish-later.php:9

actionpre_get_postsmodules\essential-tools\hooks\rss-feeds-remove-categories.php:11

actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsmodules\maintenance-mode\ewpt-maintenance-mode-actions.php:17

actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsmodules\maintenance-mode\ewpt-maintenance-mode-actions.php:30

actioninitmodules\maintenance-mode\ewpt-maintenance-mode-hooks.php:12

actioninitmodules\maintenance-mode\ewpt-maintenance-mode.php:11

actionadmin_menumodules\maintenance-mode\ewpt-maintenance-mode.php:73

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:261

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:266

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:271

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:276

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:281

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:286

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:291

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:296

actionwpmodules\maintenance-mode\hooks\enable-maintenance-mode.php:300

actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsmodules\social-share-hub\ewpt-social-share-hub-actions.php:17

actionwp_enqueue_scriptsmodules\social-share-hub\ewpt-social-share-hub-actions.php:31

actioninitmodules\social-share-hub\ewpt-social-share-hub.php:11

actionadmin_menumodules\social-share-hub\ewpt-social-share-hub.php:68

filterthe_contentmodules\social-share-hub\hooks\the_content_hook.php:23

actioninitmodules\system-info\ewpt-system-info.php:13

actionadmin_menumodules\system-info\ewpt-system-info.php:26

Maintenance & Trust

Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.6.5

Last updatedAug 21, 2024

PHP min version7.1

Downloads3K

Community Trust

Rating100/100

Number of ratings2

Active installs10

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Developer Profile

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RactStudio

1 plugin · 10 total installs

trust score

Avg Security Score

92/100

Avg Patch Time

30 days

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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Essential WP Tools – Customize WP Features, Security, SEO, Speed, Share Buttons, Ad, Maintenance & much more

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths

/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/admin/css/ewpt-admin.css/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/admin/js/ewpt-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/modules/ad-insert-hub/ewpt-ad-insert-hub.css/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/modules/ad-insert-hub/ewpt-ad-insert-hub.js/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/modules/essential-tools/ewpt-essential-tools.css/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/modules/essential-tools/ewpt-essential-tools.js/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/modules/maintenance-mode/ewpt-maintenance-mode.css/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/modules/maintenance-mode/ewpt-maintenance-mode.js+4 more

Script Paths

/wp-content/plugins/essential-wp-tools/admin/js/ewpt-admin.js

Version Parameters

essential-wp-tools/admin/css/ewpt-admin.css?ver=essential-wp-tools/admin/js/ewpt-admin.js?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/ad-insert-hub/ewpt-ad-insert-hub.css?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/ad-insert-hub/ewpt-ad-insert-hub.js?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/essential-tools/ewpt-essential-tools.css?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/essential-tools/ewpt-essential-tools.js?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/maintenance-mode/ewpt-maintenance-mode.css?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/maintenance-mode/ewpt-maintenance-mode.js?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/social-share-hub/ewpt-social-share-hub.css?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/social-share-hub/ewpt-social-share-hub.js?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/system-info/ewpt-system-info.css?ver=essential-wp-tools/modules/system-info/ewpt-system-info.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes

ewpt-ad-insert-hubewpt-social-share-hubewpt-maintenance-modeewpt-essential-toolsewpt-system-infoewpt-admin-page-wrapper

HTML Comments

+7 more

Data Attributes

data-ewpt-moduledata-ewpt-setting

JS Globals

ewpt_admin_ajaxewpt_admin_nonce

FAQ