Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments

Remove comments functionality from your website!

1K active installs v1.8 PHP 5.6+ WP 4.4+ Updated Nov 8, 2025
disable-commentdisable-commentshide-commentsremove-commentsstop-spam
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 4mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "turn-off-comments" v1.8 plugin exhibits an excellent security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, unescaped output, file operations, or external HTTP requests is a significant strength. Furthermore, the lack of any recorded CVEs or known vulnerabilities in its history suggests a history of stable and secure development. The analysis shows a clean slate with no apparent attack surface or taint flows, indicating robust coding practices.

Despite the overwhelmingly positive static analysis, the absence of nonce checks and capability checks across all entry points is a potential concern, even if the attack surface is currently zero. While there are no identified vulnerabilities today, this lack of explicit authorization checks could become a weakness if the plugin's functionality were to expand or if new attack vectors were discovered that could leverage these entry points.

In conclusion, the plugin is currently highly secure. Its strengths lie in its clean code, absence of known vulnerabilities, and avoidance of common security pitfalls like unescaped output and vulnerable SQL practices. The primary, albeit minor, weakness is the lack of explicit authorization checks on its entry points, which is a good practice to implement proactively, even when no immediate threats are apparent.

Key Concerns

  • Missing capability checks
  • Missing nonce checks
Vulnerabilities
None known

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Code Analysis

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

Output Escaping

100% escaped4 total outputs
Attack Surface

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 13
actionadmin_noticesfunctions.php:206
actioninitturn-off-comments.php:38
actionpre_comment_on_postturn-off-comments.php:40
actionadmin_menuturn-off-comments.php:42
actionadmin_initturn-off-comments.php:44
filtercomments_openturn-off-comments.php:46
filterpings_openturn-off-comments.php:48
filtercomments_arrayturn-off-comments.php:50
actionwp_before_admin_bar_renderturn-off-comments.php:52
actionadmin_initturn-off-comments.php:54
actionadmin_initturn-off-comments.php:56
actionwp_headturn-off-comments.php:58
actionadmin_noticesturn-off-comments.php:62
Maintenance & Trust

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedNov 8, 2025
PHP min version5.6
Downloads43K

Community Trust

Rating68/100
Number of ratings5
Active installs1K
Developer Profile

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam Developer Profile

Mehraz Morshed

4 plugins · 10K total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam

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

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
nocommentsno-commentshas-commentspost-commentscomments-linkcomments-areacomment-respondcomments-closed+7 more
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam