Random Post Inserter Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/random-post-inserter

Easily insert random post suggestions into your blog content. Great for bloggers who want to increase post engagement with flexible placement options.

10 active installs v1.0.1 PHP 7.0+ WP 4.4+ Updated Jul 4, 2025
bloggingcontent-plugininsert-random-postrandom-postsrelated-posts
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Random Post Inserter Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs Updated 9mo ago
Risk Assessment

The 'random-post-inserter' v1.0.1 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits its attack surface, and importantly, all identified entry points are protected. The code demonstrates excellent practices with 100% properly escaped output, secure SQL query handling through prepared statements, and a nonce check in place. There are no observed dangerous functions, file operations, or external HTTP requests, further reducing potential risks.

The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs or past vulnerabilities recorded. This, coupled with the robust code signals, suggests a well-developed and maintained plugin. The taint analysis found no unsanitized flows of critical or high severity. While the lack of capability checks on any potential (though absent) entry points is a minor observation, it does not present a current risk given the zero entry points found. Overall, this plugin appears very secure and poses a minimal risk.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Random Post Inserter Security Vulnerabilities

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

Random Post Inserter Code Analysis

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

SQL Query Safety

100% prepared1 total queries

Output Escaping

100% escaped14 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
rpi_render_settings_page (random-post-inserter.php:98)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Random Post Inserter Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
filterthe_contentrandom-post-inserter.php:19
actionadmin_menurandom-post-inserter.php:20
filterposts_whererandom-post-inserter.php:63
Maintenance & Trust

Random Post Inserter Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.8.5
Last updatedJul 4, 2025
PHP min version7.0
Downloads334

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Random Post Inserter Developer Profile

DIZE TECH IT SOLUTIONS

4 plugins · 30 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Random Post Inserter

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
rpi-link
Data Attributes
name="link_text"name="num_posts"name="placement[]"name="open_new_tab"
Shortcode Output
<p class="rpi-link">
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Random Post Inserter