Publish & Add New Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/publish-and-add-new

Add a convenient Publish & Add New button to the editor.

10 active installs v1.0.0 PHP 7.2+ WP 5.9+ Updated Aug 4, 2024
add-newcustom-post-typefastpostproduct
92
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Publish & Add New Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 92/100

Publish & Add New has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 1yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "publish-and-add-new" v1.0.0 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events with unprotected entry points indicates a minimal attack surface. Furthermore, the code adheres to several secure coding practices, including the complete absence of dangerous functions, 100% of SQL queries using prepared statements, and all identified outputs being properly escaped. The presence of nonce checks further strengthens its defenses against common web attacks. The plugin's vulnerability history is also remarkably clean, with no known CVEs recorded, suggesting a commitment to security or a lack of past exploitable issues.

While the static analysis and vulnerability history paint a positive picture, the analysis of taint flows yielded no results, which could be due to the limited complexity of the plugin or the limitations of the analysis tool. The absence of capability checks is a minor concern, as it means that authorization for certain actions might not be explicitly tied to WordPress user roles, though the limited attack surface mitigates this risk in this specific case. Overall, this plugin appears to be well-secured, with no immediate critical or high-severity risks identified.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Publish & Add New Security Vulnerabilities

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

Publish & Add New Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
2 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped2 total outputs
Attack Surface

Publish & Add New Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionpost_submitbox_startpublish-and-add-new.php:24
actionadmin_print_stylespublish-and-add-new.php:25
actionadmin_print_footer_scriptspublish-and-add-new.php:26
filterredirect_post_locationpublish-and-add-new.php:28
filterwp_insert_post_datapublish-and-add-new.php:29
Maintenance & Trust

Publish & Add New Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.6.5
Last updatedAug 4, 2024
PHP min version7.2
Downloads1K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Publish & Add New Developer Profile

Ramon Ahnert

3 plugins · 2K total installs

88
trust score
Avg Security Score
92/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Publish & Add New

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
publishing-and-add-new-actionis-submitting
Data Attributes
id="publishing-and-add-new-action"
JS Globals
jQuery
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Publish & Add New