
Dashboard Editor Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-dashboard-editorWith this plugin you can remove sections of the dashboard, add new code, or even add Sidebar Widgets.
Is Dashboard Editor Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100Dashboard Editor has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The 'wordpress-dashboard-editor' v1.1 plugin exhibits a generally positive security posture based on the provided static analysis. There are no identified dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries, and no external HTTP requests, all of which are strong indicators of good coding practices. The absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits the plugin's attack surface, and no taint flows were identified, suggesting a lack of obvious vulnerabilities from code execution or data manipulation perspectives. The plugin's vulnerability history is also clean, with no recorded CVEs, further bolstering confidence in its current security state.
Key Concerns
- All output not properly escaped
- No nonce checks found
- No capability checks found
Dashboard Editor Security Vulnerabilities
Dashboard Editor Code Analysis
Output Escaping
Dashboard Editor Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 8
Maintenance & Trust
Dashboard Editor Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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Dashboard Editor Developer Profile
6 plugins · 1K total installs
How We Detect Dashboard Editor
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
HTML / DOM Fingerprints
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