
Meta Description Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/meta-descriptionAdds a meta box to the edit posts/pages admin area for inputing an HTML meta description.
Is Meta Description Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Meta Description has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'meta-description' plugin v1.0.6 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. It demonstrates excellent practices by having no identifiable attack surface in terms of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events. Furthermore, the code signals indicate a clean bill of health with no dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries (all prepared statements), no file operations, and no external HTTP requests. The presence of nonce and capability checks, albeit minimal, is also a positive sign. The absence of any taint analysis findings or historical vulnerabilities further bolsters this assessment, suggesting a well-developed and secure plugin.
Key Concerns
- Low output escaping coverage
Meta Description Security Vulnerabilities
Meta Description Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Meta Description Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 3
Maintenance & Trust
Meta Description Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Meta Description Developer Profile
11 plugins · 13K total installs
How We Detect Meta Description
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
id="shinra_meta_description_textarea"name="shinra_meta_description_textarea"name="shinra_meta_description_nonce"