
Smart Featured Image Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/smart-featured-imageAutomagically add featured image to posts using images inserted into post content, if no featured image is explicitly added to post.
Is Smart Featured Image Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Smart Featured Image has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "smart-featured-image" plugin version 0.2.4 demonstrates a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified attack surface points such as AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the plugin's exposure to external manipulation. Furthermore, the code analysis reveals a healthy reliance on security best practices, including 100% usage of prepared statements for SQL queries, a high percentage of properly escaped output, and the presence of nonce and capability checks. The lack of any dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, or identified taint flows further reinforces this positive assessment. The vulnerability history being entirely clear of any recorded CVEs, across all severity levels and types, strongly suggests a well-maintained and secure codebase.
Smart Featured Image Security Vulnerabilities
Smart Featured Image Release Timeline
Smart Featured Image Code Analysis
SQL Query Safety
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Smart Featured Image Attack Surface
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Maintenance & Trust
Smart Featured Image Maintenance & Trust
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Community Trust
Smart Featured Image Alternatives
Defaultify Featured Image
defaultify-featured-image
Set a default featured image for posts, pages, and custom post types with an option to enable or disable automatic application.
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)
auto-post-thumbnail
Automatically generate, assign, and manage featured images in bulk so every post on your site has a featured image.
Quick Featured Images
quick-featured-images
The time-saving solution for managing tons of featured images within minutes: Set, replace and delete in bulk and set default images for future posts.
Automatic Featured Images from Videos
automatic-featured-images-from-videos
If a YouTube or Vimeo video embed exists near the start of a post, we'll automatically set the post's featured image to a thumbnail of the video.
Multiple Featured Images
multiple-featured-images
Enables multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products). Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode …
Smart Featured Image Developer Profile
1 plugin · 10 total installs
How We Detect Smart Featured Image
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/smart-featured-image/assets/css/sfi-backend.css/wp-content/plugins/smart-featured-image/assets/js/sfi-backend.jsHTML / DOM Fingerprints
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