Remove Admin Bar from Previews Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/remove-admin-bar-from-previews

Remove the admin bar from the preview of posts and pages, with optional reminder notification bar.

10 active installs v0.2.0 PHP + WP 3.8+ Updated Sep 2, 2014
admin-bareditorpostspreview
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Remove Admin Bar from Previews Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

Remove Admin Bar from Previews has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 11yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "remove-admin-bar-from-previews" plugin, version 0.2.0, exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any registered AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events indicates a minimal attack surface. Furthermore, the lack of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further solidifies its safe design. Code signals are also positive, with all detected output properly escaped and no taint flows identified. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs, which suggests a commitment to secure coding practices or a lack of targeted exploitation due to its limited functionality. While the plugin performs one SQL query, the lack of information on whether it uses prepared statements prevents a full assessment of that specific area. Overall, this plugin appears to be secure and poses minimal risk to a WordPress installation.

Key Concerns

  • SQL queries without prepared statements detected
Vulnerabilities
None known

Remove Admin Bar from Previews Security Vulnerabilities

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

Remove Admin Bar from Previews Code Analysis

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

SQL Query Safety

0% prepared1 total queries

Output Escaping

100% escaped2 total outputs
Attack Surface

Remove Admin Bar from Previews Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
filtershow_admin_barremove-admin-bar-from-previews.php:21
actionwp_enqueue_scriptsremove-admin-bar-from-previews.php:24
filterwp_footerremove-admin-bar-from-previews.php:25
actionwpremove-admin-bar-from-previews.php:30
actionadmin_initremove-admin-bar-from-previews.php:49
Maintenance & Trust

Remove Admin Bar from Previews Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested4.0.38
Last updatedSep 2, 2014
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs10
Developer Profile

Remove Admin Bar from Previews Developer Profile

Morgan Estes

7 plugins · 120 total installs

86
trust score
Avg Security Score
89/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Remove Admin Bar from Previews

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/remove-admin-bar-from-previews/preview-notice.css

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

Data Attributes
name="abp_preview_settings[hide_on_preview]"id="abp-post-preview"name="abp_preview_settings[show_notice_bar]"id="abp-show-notice"
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Remove Admin Bar from Previews