Post Ranking View Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/post-ranking-view

This plugin counts the number of visitors to each post and generates a ranking of most viewed posts.

10 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 3.8+ Updated Jan 15, 2014
popularpopular-postsposts-viewsranking-postsranking-views
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Post Ranking View Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Post Ranking View has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 12yr ago
Risk Assessment

The static analysis of the "post-ranking-view" plugin v1.1 reveals a very limited attack surface, with no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events. This lack of direct entry points is a positive sign for security. Furthermore, the absence of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and the use of prepared statements for all SQL queries indicate adherence to some good coding practices. However, a significant concern arises from the output escaping. With one total output and 0% properly escaped, this presents a clear risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts into the website's output. The lack of nonce and capability checks, while not directly indicative of a vulnerability given the limited attack surface, means that if any entry points were to be introduced or discovered, they would be unprotected.

Key Concerns

  • No output escaping
  • No nonce checks
  • No capability checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Post Ranking View Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

Post Ranking View Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

0% escaped1 total outputs
Attack Surface

Post Ranking View Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 1
actionwp_headpost-ranking-view.php:29
Maintenance & Trust

Post Ranking View Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested3.7.41
Last updatedJan 15, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Post Ranking View Developer Profile

Leo Baiano

7 plugins · 840 total installs

85
trust score
Avg Security Score
87/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Post Ranking View

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
prv_ranking
Shortcode Output
<section class="prv_ranking"><h2>Ranking</h2><ul><li><a href="
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Post Ranking View