
Visual Shortcodes Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/visual-shortcodesThis is a utility plugin that will allow other plugins and themes to swap out shortcodes with custom images, in the same way that WordPress' nati …
Is Visual Shortcodes Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Visual Shortcodes has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The static analysis of the 'visual-shortcodes' plugin v0.1 indicates an exceptionally clean codebase, with no detected vulnerabilities, dangerous functions, or potential attack vectors from AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events. The complete absence of SQL queries, file operations, external HTTP requests, and the perfect score for output escaping and prepared statements are strong indicators of secure coding practices. Taint analysis also shows no identified risks.
The vulnerability history further reinforces this positive assessment, with zero recorded CVEs of any severity. This lack of historical vulnerabilities, coupled with the clean static analysis, suggests a plugin that is either very new, extremely simple, or has been rigorously maintained and secured. There are no immediate security concerns apparent from the provided data.
However, it's important to note that the plugin's attack surface is reported as zero, which is highly unusual for a plugin that likely offers some functionality. If this is accurate, it implies the plugin might be dormant or purely informational. If it does indeed provide features, the lack of any reported entry points is a potential anomaly that warrants further investigation. In the absence of any identified weaknesses, the current risk assessment is very low.
Key Concerns
- No nonce checks on entry points
- No capability checks on entry points
- Extremely low attack surface may indicate dormant plugin
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Visual Shortcodes Developer Profile
2 plugins · 7K total installs
How We Detect Visual Shortcodes
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
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