
Show Parent Comment Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/show-parent-commentAdd the parent comment to comments in the WP Admin area, in order to assist with comment moderation
Is Show Parent Comment Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Show Parent Comment has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'show-parent-comment' plugin version 0.2.1 exhibits an exceptionally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, coupled with a complete lack of dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, unescaped output, file operations, external HTTP requests, and insufficient capability or nonce checks, indicates a meticulously crafted and secure codebase. The taint analysis further reinforces this, showing zero flows with unsanitized paths. This lack of any recorded vulnerabilities, past or present, further solidifies its excellent security standing. While this presents a virtually risk-free profile, the extremely limited attack surface is worth noting; a plugin with no user-facing or administrative functionality will naturally have fewer avenues for attack. Nevertheless, the adherence to secure coding practices across all analyzed metrics is commendable and suggests a well-developed and secure plugin.
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Show Parent Comment Developer Profile
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How We Detect Show Parent Comment
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
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