
Widget Area Builder Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/widget-area-builderMake a sidebar and place it anywhere in post or page with shortcode.
Is Widget Area Builder Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Widget Area Builder has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "widget-area-builder" v1.0 plugin exhibits a mixed security posture. On the positive side, the plugin demonstrates good practices by having no known vulnerabilities in its history and utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries. It also includes nonce and capability checks, indicating an awareness of basic WordPress security measures. However, significant concerns arise from the static code analysis. The presence of six dangerous function calls, specifically 'unserialize,' without any taint analysis results suggests a high potential risk for deserialization vulnerabilities if untrusted data is passed to these functions. Furthermore, the alarming statistic that 0% of output is properly escaped presents a serious risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts into the user interface.
Key Concerns
- Dangerous function 'unserialize' detected
- 0% of output properly escaped
Widget Area Builder Security Vulnerabilities
Widget Area Builder Code Analysis
Dangerous Functions Found
Output Escaping
Widget Area Builder Attack Surface
Shortcodes 1
WordPress Hooks 1
Maintenance & Trust
Widget Area Builder Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
Widget Area Builder Alternatives
Sidebar Shortcode
thinker-sidebar-shortcode
Add sidebars to WordPress posts and pages using shortcodes with a sidebar Name or ID.
WooSidebars
woosidebars
WooSidebars adds functionality to display different widgets in a sidebar, according to a context (for example, a specific page or a category).
Lightweight Sidebar Manager
sidebar-manager
Create new sidebar areas and display them conditionally on certain pages. Works with all themes.
Disable Author Pages
disable-author-pages
Disable the author pages
Sidebar Manager Light
sidebar-manager-light
Create custom sidebars (widget areas) and replace any existing sidebar so you can display relevant content on different pages.
Widget Area Builder Developer Profile
11 plugins · 240 total installs
How We Detect Widget Area Builder
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/widget-area-builder/img/sticky-icon.pngHTML / DOM Fingerprints
ri-sticky-wdgwidgettitle[ri_custom_sidebar]