No category parents Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents

This plugin will completely remove the mandatory 'Category Base' and all the parents from your category permalinks (e.g.

7K active installs v0.2.4.1 PHP + WP 2.3+ Updated Nov 28, 2017
categoriescategorycategory-basecategory-parentspermalinks
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
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Safety Verdict

Is No category parents Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

No category parents has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 8yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "no-category-parents" plugin, version 0.2.4.1, exhibits a remarkably clean security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified dangerous functions, direct SQL queries (all utilize prepared statements), file operations, external HTTP requests, or untrusted input flows (taint analysis) suggests a well-written and secure codebase. Furthermore, the plugin demonstrates good practice by not exposing sensitive functionality without appropriate checks, as evidenced by the zero unprotected entry points across AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events. The lack of any recorded vulnerabilities, including past CVEs, further reinforces this positive assessment.

Vulnerabilities
None known

No category parents Security Vulnerabilities

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

No category parents Code Analysis

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

No category parents Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 9
filterpre_post_linkno-category-parents.php:33
filteruser_trailingslashitno-category-parents.php:34
filtercategory_linkno-category-parents.php:37
filterrewrite_rules_arrayno-category-parents.php:40
filterquery_varsno-category-parents.php:41
actionwp_loadedno-category-parents.php:42
actioncreated_categoryno-category-parents.php:45
actionedited_categoryno-category-parents.php:46
actiondelete_categoryno-category-parents.php:47
Maintenance & Trust

No category parents Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.1.42
Last updatedNov 28, 2017
PHP min version
Downloads73K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings3
Active installs7K
Developer Profile

No category parents Developer Profile

Sergio Milardovich

4 plugins · 10K total installs

86
trust score
Avg Security Score
89/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect No category parents

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

HTML Comments
Based on "WP No Category Base" code -> http://wordpresssupplies.com/ Copyright 2009-2012 Sergio Milardovich (email : smilardovich@frro.utn.edu.ar) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by+9 more
FAQ

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