Hide Admin Menu Items Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/hide-admin-menu-items

Hide Admin Menu Items provide a small functionality to hide rarely used menu items. Very simple !

200 active installs v1.0.0 PHP 7.0+ WP 4.7+ Updated Jan 3, 2022
adminadmin-areaadmin-menudashboardmenu
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is Hide Admin Menu Items Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Hide Admin Menu Items has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "hide-admin-menu-items" v1.0.0 demonstrates an exceptionally good security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits its attack surface. Furthermore, the code signals show a clean bill of health: no dangerous functions were found, all SQL queries utilize prepared statements, and all output is properly escaped. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests further reduces potential exposure.

The vulnerability history is also completely clean, with zero known CVEs. This, combined with the positive static analysis, suggests a well-written and secure plugin. The complete absence of taint analysis findings, coupled with no nonce or capability checks noted in the code signals, implies that the plugin likely operates in a context where such checks are either not applicable due to its minimal attack surface or are handled by WordPress core functions at a higher level. This indicates a strong reliance on the core WordPress security framework.

Overall, this plugin appears to be very secure. Its strength lies in its minimal design and adherence to secure coding practices evident in the static analysis. The main weakness, if it can be called that, is the complete lack of any identified entry points in the static analysis, which might suggest that its functionality is extremely limited or that the analysis might have missed subtle interaction points. However, based solely on the provided data, the plugin is highly secure.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Hide Admin Menu Items Security Vulnerabilities

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

Hide Admin Menu Items Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped2 total outputs
Attack Surface

Hide Admin Menu Items Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 6
actioninithide-admin-menu-items.php:41
actionadmin_menuhide-admin-menu-items.php:42
actionadmin_inithide-admin-menu-items.php:43
actionadmin_inithide-admin-menu-items.php:44
actionadmin_inithide-admin-menu-items.php:45
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptshide-admin-menu-items.php:46
Maintenance & Trust

Hide Admin Menu Items Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.8.13
Last updatedJan 3, 2022
PHP min version7.0
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings2
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Hide Admin Menu Items Developer Profile

Charles-Alexandre Laurent

1 plugin · 200 total installs

84
trust score
Avg Security Score
85/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Hide Admin Menu Items

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/hide-admin-menu-items/assets/css/hami.min.css
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/hide-admin-menu-items/assets/js/hami.min.js
Version Parameters
hide-admin-menu-items/assets/js/hami.min.js?ver=hide-admin-menu-items/assets/css/hami.min.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
hami-wraphami-titlehami-listhami-statushami-counthami-total
Data Attributes
id="hami-wrap"class="wrap"class="hami-title"id="hami-list"class="dashicons hami-status"class="hami-count"+1 more
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Hide Admin Menu Items