WP Deactivate Features Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/wp-deactivate-features

WP Deactivate Features lets you deactivate unneeded functions to improve your websites performance. Features that can be disabled: * Emojis * Comments …

0 active installs v0.1 PHP 7.2+ WP 5.1+ Updated Jan 23, 2021
deactivatedisablefeaturesperformance
85
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is WP Deactivate Features Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 85/100

WP Deactivate Features has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 5yr ago
Risk Assessment

The "wp-deactivate-features" v0.1 plugin exhibits a seemingly strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events significantly limits the plugin's attack surface. Furthermore, the lack of dangerous functions, file operations, external HTTP requests, and the exclusive use of prepared statements for SQL queries are excellent security practices. Taint analysis also indicates no critical or high severity vulnerabilities, which is a positive sign.

However, a critical concern arises from the output escaping analysis, where 100% of the total identified outputs are not properly escaped. This represents a significant risk of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, as user-supplied or dynamic data could be injected into the output without sanitization, potentially leading to malicious code execution in the user's browser. The absence of any nonces or capability checks on the (albeit non-existent) entry points means that if any were to be introduced in the future, they would be unprotected. The plugin also has no recorded vulnerability history, which is good, but this could be due to its limited functionality or newness. The primary weakness lies in unescaped output, which needs immediate attention.

Key Concerns

  • Unescaped output found
Vulnerabilities
None known

WP Deactivate Features Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 17, 2026

WP Deactivate Features Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
1
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

0% escaped1 total outputs
Attack Surface

WP Deactivate Features Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 27
actioninitclass\DeactivationExecutor.php:14
actionadmin_initclass\deactivator\CommentsDeactivator.php:8
filtercomments_openclass\deactivator\CommentsDeactivator.php:11
filterpings_openclass\deactivator\CommentsDeactivator.php:12
filtercomments_arrayclass\deactivator\CommentsDeactivator.php:15
actionadmin_menuclass\deactivator\CommentsDeactivator.php:18
actioninitclass\deactivator\CommentsDeactivator.php:21
actioninitclass\deactivator\EmojiDeactivator.php:8
filtertiny_mce_pluginsclass\deactivator\EmojiDeactivator.php:22
filterwp_resource_hintsclass\deactivator\EmojiDeactivator.php:23
actioninitclass\deactivator\HeartbeatDeactivator.php:8
actionpre_pingclass\deactivator\PingbackDeactivator.php:8
filterwp_headersclass\deactivator\PingbackDeactivator.php:9
filterpre_option_enable_xmlrpcclass\deactivator\PingbackDeactivator.php:10
actionwpclass\deactivator\PingbackDeactivator.php:11
filterbloginfo_urlclass\deactivator\PingbackDeactivator.php:12
actionxmlrpc_callclass\deactivator\PingbackDeactivator.php:13
filterrest_authentication_errorsclass\deactivator\RestAPIDeactivator.php:8
actiondo_feedclass\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:8
actiondo_feed_rdfclass\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:9
actiondo_feed_rssclass\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:10
actiondo_feed_rss2class\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:11
actiondo_feed_atomclass\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:12
actiondo_feed_rss2_commentsclass\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:13
actiondo_feed_atom_commentsclass\deactivator\RssFeedDeactivator.php:14
actionadmin_menuclass\Settings.php:14
actionadmin_initclass\Settings.php:15
Maintenance & Trust

WP Deactivate Features Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.5.18
Last updatedJan 23, 2021
PHP min version7.2
Downloads980

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs0
Developer Profile

WP Deactivate Features Developer Profile

Sascha Huber

3 plugins · 100 total installs

87
trust score
Avg Security Score
90/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect WP Deactivate Features

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/wp-deactivate-features/css/style.css/wp-content/plugins/wp-deactivate-features/js/script.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/wp-deactivate-features/js/script.js
Version Parameters
wp-deactivate-features/css/style.css?ver=wp-deactivate-features/js/script.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
window.wpdf_script_vars
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about WP Deactivate Features