
Toggle Admin Bar Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/toggle-admin-barToggles the admin bar from view by adding "Hide Me" to the Admin menu.
Is Toggle Admin Bar Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Toggle Admin Bar has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "toggle-admin-bar" plugin v1.0.2 presents a generally low-risk security profile based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of known CVEs and a clean vulnerability history are strong indicators of a well-maintained and secure plugin. The code analysis reveals no dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries, no file operations, and no external HTTP requests, all of which are positive security practices. The total absence of entry points like AJAX handlers, REST API routes, and shortcodes further minimizes the plugin's attack surface.
However, a critical concern emerges from the output escaping analysis: 100% of outputs are not properly escaped. This means that any data displayed by the plugin, if it were to ever process or render user-provided or dynamic data, could be vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. While the current attack surface is zero, this lack of output escaping is a significant weakness that could be exploited if the plugin's functionality or its interaction with data were to evolve. The absence of nonce and capability checks, although not a direct risk given the zero entry points, would become a critical oversight if new entry points were introduced without these security measures.
Key Concerns
- All outputs are unescaped
Toggle Admin Bar Security Vulnerabilities
Toggle Admin Bar Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Toggle Admin Bar Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 7
Maintenance & Trust
Toggle Admin Bar Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Toggle Admin Bar Developer Profile
5 plugins · 530 total installs
How We Detect Toggle Admin Bar
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/toggle-admin-bar/slide-arrow.png/wp-content/plugins/toggle-admin-bar/jquery.cookie.min.jsHTML / DOM Fingerprints
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