Initial Letter Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/initial-letter

Initial Letter is a plugin that adds style options so you can change the size, color, and font of the first letter of each or all post paragraphs.

200 active installs v2.3 PHP + WP 3.5+ Updated Jan 3, 2021
drop-capsinitialletterstyletypography
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Initial Letter Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 5yr ago
Risk Assessment

The 'initial-letter' plugin v2.3 exhibits a generally strong security posture, primarily due to the absence of known vulnerabilities and a lack of identified critical security flaws in static and taint analysis. The plugin demonstrates good practices by exclusively using prepared statements for SQL queries and incorporating a nonce check, which are fundamental security measures. However, a significant concern arises from the complete lack of output escaping. With 19 outputs analyzed and 0% properly escaped, this creates a substantial risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, where malicious scripts could be injected into the WordPress site and executed by users. The plugin's attack surface is currently zero, with no AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events identified, which is excellent from a risk perspective. Despite the absence of a vulnerability history, the identified output escaping deficiency necessitates careful attention.

Key Concerns

  • All outputs lack proper escaping
Vulnerabilities
None known

Initial Letter Security Vulnerabilities

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

Initial Letter Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
19
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped19 total outputs
Attack Surface

Initial Letter Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 9
actionwp_headinitial-letter.php:55
actionadmin_menuinitial-letter.php:56
actionadmin_initinitial-letter.php:57
filterthe_contentinitial-letter.php:60
filterthe_excerptinitial-letter.php:63
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsinitial-letter.php:86
actionadd_meta_boxesinitial-letter.php:88
actionsave_postinitial-letter.php:89
actionadmin_noticesinitial-letter.php:318
Maintenance & Trust

Initial Letter Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.6.17
Last updatedJan 3, 2021
PHP min version
Downloads14K

Community Trust

Rating78/100
Number of ratings12
Active installs200
Developer Profile

Initial Letter Developer Profile

Garrett Grimm

7 plugins · 111K total installs

68
trust score
Avg Security Score
84/100
Avg Patch Time
881 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Initial Letter

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/initial-letter/css/admin.css/wp-content/plugins/initial-letter/js/admin.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/initial-letter/js/admin.js

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
initial-letter
HTML Comments
<!-- Initial Letter Wordpress Plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/initial-letter/ -->
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Initial Letter