Thumbnail Manager Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-removerSafely analyze, preview, trash, restore, schedule, regenerate, and manage WordPress thumbnails from a clean tabbed admin screen.
Is Thumbnail Manager Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Thumbnail Manager has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "thumbnail-remover" plugin v2.0.0 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. A notable strength is the complete absence of critical or high-severity vulnerabilities in its history, coupled with zero known CVEs. The code analysis reveals excellent security practices, including 100% utilization of prepared statements for all SQL queries, ensuring protection against SQL injection. All identified output operations are properly escaped, mitigating cross-site scripting (XSS) risks. Furthermore, the presence of nonce checks on all AJAX handlers and a capability check indicates a good understanding of WordPress security best practices for protecting against unauthorized actions. The plugin also demonstrates a clean approach by not bundling any third-party libraries and not making any external HTTP requests, reducing potential attack vectors. The taint analysis also found no unsanitized paths, reinforcing the confidence in the code's safety. The only area for slight improvement, though not a security risk in this specific analysis, is the presence of 9 file operations, which while not inherently dangerous, always represent a potential area for careful review in larger or more complex plugins to ensure they are absolutely necessary and handled securely. Overall, this plugin appears to be very well-developed from a security perspective, with no immediate or significant threats identified.
Thumbnail Manager Security Vulnerabilities
Thumbnail Manager Release Timeline
Thumbnail Manager Code Analysis
SQL Query Safety
Output Escaping
Data Flow Analysis
Thumbnail Manager Attack Surface
AJAX Handlers 9
WordPress Hooks 6
Maintenance & Trust
Thumbnail Manager Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Thumbnail Manager Developer Profile
3 plugins · 100 total installs
How We Detect Thumbnail Manager
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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