WP Easy Popup Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/wp-easy-popup

WP Easy Popup Plugin is world renowned as the most beautiful and easy to create popups for different pages in the market.

20 active installs v1.1 PHP + WP 3.0+ Updated Unknown
easy-popup-pluginpopup-pluginwp-simple-popup
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is WP Easy Popup Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

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

No known CVEs
Risk Assessment

The "wp-easy-popup" v1.1 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified attack surface, dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, or external HTTP requests is highly commendable. The presence of nonce and capability checks, coupled with the use of prepared statements for SQL, demonstrates good development practices aimed at preventing common web vulnerabilities.

The static analysis indicates a low-risk profile. While the percentage of properly escaped output (34%) is a concern, the lack of identified taint flows and a complete absence of known CVEs suggest that this might not be an immediate critical threat. The limited number of total outputs also mitigates the impact of this specific weakness.

Overall, this plugin appears to be well-secured, with no significant security flaws detected in its current version. The absence of any past vulnerabilities further reinforces this positive assessment. The primary area for potential improvement lies in ensuring all output is properly escaped to prevent any future cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, even though none are currently apparent.

Key Concerns

  • Low percentage of properly escaped output
Vulnerabilities
None known

WP Easy Popup Security Vulnerabilities

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

WP Easy Popup Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
37
19 escaped
Nonce Checks
1
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

34% escaped56 total outputs
Attack Surface

WP Easy Popup Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 9
actionwpwp-easy-popup.php:25
actionwp_enqueue_scriptswp-easy-popup.php:277
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptswp-easy-popup.php:285
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptswp-easy-popup.php:287
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptswp-easy-popup.php:298
actioninitwp-easy-popup.php:345
actioninitwp-easy-popup.php:354
actionadd_meta_boxeswp-easy-popup.php:357
actionsave_postwp-easy-popup.php:709
Maintenance & Trust

WP Easy Popup Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.2.24
Last updatedUnknown
PHP min version
Downloads5K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs20
Developer Profile

WP Easy Popup Developer Profile

Team Startbit

6 plugins · 3K total installs

86
trust score
Avg Security Score
88/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect WP Easy Popup

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

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/wp-easy-popup/assets/css/custom-popup.css/wp-content/plugins/wp-easy-popup/assets/js/custom-popup.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/wp-easy-popup/assets/js/custom-popup.js
Version Parameters
wp-easy-popup/assets/css/custom-popup.css?ver=wp-easy-popup/assets/js/custom-popup.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
fancybox-wrapfancybox-content-insideclose
Data Attributes
id="simple-popup-with-fancybox"id="easy12"id="rrcross"id="easy"id="imgsection"id="textsection"
JS Globals
PopupWithFancyboxclosefancyaddText
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about WP Easy Popup