Instant Breadcrumbs Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs

Instant Breadcrumbs adds a breadcrumb trail to your WordPress blog's primary navigation menu. No theme editing required!

300 active installs v1.4.5 PHP + WP 3.0.0+ Updated Aug 8, 2014
breadcrumbslinksmenunavigation
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Instant Breadcrumbs Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 11yr ago
Risk Assessment

The plugin "instant-breadcrumbs" v1.4.5 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits the potential attack surface. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good practices by exclusively using prepared statements for SQL queries and avoiding dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests. The taint analysis also reveals no identified security flows, indicating a clean codebase in this regard. The plugin's vulnerability history is also empty, with no recorded CVEs, which is a positive indicator of its security development and maintenance.

Key Concerns

  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
  • Output escaping is not consistently applied (29% unescaped)
Vulnerabilities
None known

Instant Breadcrumbs Security Vulnerabilities

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

Instant Breadcrumbs Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
10
24 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

71% escaped34 total outputs
Attack Surface

Instant Breadcrumbs Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 8
actionwidgets_initclasses\class-instant-breadcrumbs-widget.php:100
filterwp_nav_menuclasses\class-instant-breadcrumbs.php:29
filterwp_nav_menu_itemsclasses\class-instant-breadcrumbs.php:30
filterwp_page_menuclasses\class-instant-breadcrumbs.php:31
actionplugins_loadedinstant-breadcrumbs.php:31
actionadmin_initinstant-breadcrumbs.php:33
actionadmin_menuinstant-breadcrumbs.php:34
actionget_headerinstant-breadcrumbs.php:36
Maintenance & Trust

Instant Breadcrumbs Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.9.40
Last updatedAug 8, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads35K

Community Trust

Rating74/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs300
Developer Profile

Instant Breadcrumbs Developer Profile

loseyourmarbles

1 plugin · 300 total installs

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

How We Detect Instant Breadcrumbs

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/css/ib.css/wp-content/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/css/ib.min.css/wp-content/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/js/ib.js/wp-content/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/js/ib.min.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/js/ib.js/wp-content/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/js/ib.min.js
Version Parameters
instant-breadcrumbs/css/ib.css?ver=instant-breadcrumbs/css/ib.min.css?ver=instant-breadcrumbs/js/ib.js?ver=instant-breadcrumbs/js/ib.min.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
menu-item-homemenu-item-type-post_typemenu-item-object-postmenu-item-type-taxonomymenu-item-object-categorymenu-item-object-post_tagmenu-item-object-page
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Instant Breadcrumbs