
Only Self Pings Security & Risk Analysis
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Is Only Self Pings Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Only Self Pings has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'only-self-pings' plugin v1.0 exhibits a very limited attack surface based on the static analysis provided. With no detected AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, the plugin offers few direct entry points for malicious activity. The absence of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests, coupled with the use of prepared statements for any potential (though none detected) SQL queries, suggests a strong foundation in secure coding practices concerning data manipulation and external interaction. The vulnerability history is also clean, with no recorded CVEs, indicating a lack of known exploitable issues.
Key Concerns
- No capability checks implemented
- No nonce checks implemented
- 50% of output not properly escaped
Only Self Pings Security Vulnerabilities
Only Self Pings Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Only Self Pings Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 7
Maintenance & Trust
Only Self Pings Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Only Self Pings Developer Profile
6 plugins · 5K total installs
How We Detect Only Self Pings
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
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