Reading Time WP Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wpReading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.
Is Reading Time WP Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 92/100Reading Time WP has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "reading-time-wp" plugin, version 2.0.17, exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The plugin demonstrates excellent practices by having no identified dangerous functions, all SQL queries utilize prepared statements, and a very high percentage of outputs are properly escaped. The presence of a nonce check and the absence of file operations and external HTTP requests further contribute to its secure design. The taint analysis shows no critical or high severity flows with unsanitized paths, indicating a low risk of injection vulnerabilities.
Key Concerns
- Capability checks missing on entry points
- Outputs not properly escaped
Reading Time WP Security Vulnerabilities
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Reading Time WP Attack Surface
Shortcodes 1
WordPress Hooks 4
Maintenance & Trust
Reading Time WP Maintenance & Trust
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Reading Time WP Developer Profile
1 plugin · 30K total installs
How We Detect Reading Time WP
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
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