Link Shortner Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/link-shortener

Link Shortner allows you to easily create clean, branded short permalink links for your posts custom URL.

900 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 5.6+ Updated Aug 31, 2025
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Link Shortner Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 7mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "link-shortener" plugin v1.1 demonstrates a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any entry points such as AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the potential attack surface. Furthermore, the code exhibits excellent practice by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries, properly escaping all output, and performing a nonce check. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests further reduces potential vulnerabilities. The taint analysis also indicates no critical or high severity flows with unsanitized paths. The plugin's vulnerability history is completely clear, with no recorded CVEs, which suggests a well-maintained and secure development process. Overall, the plugin appears to be very secure, with no immediately apparent exploitable weaknesses based on this analysis. The only minor area for potential improvement, though not a critical flaw given the lack of other entry points, is the absence of capability checks on the single identified nonce check. However, given the minimal attack surface, this is a very low concern.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Link Shortner Security Vulnerabilities

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

Link Shortner Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped16 total outputs
Attack Surface

Link Shortner Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionadd_meta_boxes_postincludes\class-link-shortener.php:21
filterpostbox_classes_post_link-shortenerincludes\class-link-shortener.php:23
filterpre_wp_unique_post_slugincludes\class-link-shortener.php:24
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-link-shortener.php:42
actionplugins_loadedlink-shortener.php:47
Maintenance & Trust

Link Shortner Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedAug 31, 2025
PHP min version
Downloads11K

Community Trust

Rating90/100
Number of ratings11
Active installs900
Developer Profile

Link Shortner Developer Profile

Dipakkumar Parmar

3 plugins · 2K total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Link Shortner

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/link-shortener/assets/js/link-shortener.js
Version Parameters
link-shortener/assets/js/link-shortener.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
ls-preview
Data Attributes
data-ls_post_iddata-ls_url
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Link Shortner