
WP Term Authors Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authorsAuthors for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms
Is WP Term Authors Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100WP Term Authors has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The wp-term-authors v0.2.0 plugin exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events with unprotected entry points significantly limits the attack surface. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good development practices with 100% of SQL queries utilizing prepared statements and a high percentage of output being properly escaped. The lack of file operations and external HTTP requests further reduces potential risk vectors. The vulnerability history is also clean, with no known CVEs or past security issues, suggesting a mature and well-maintained codebase.
While the static analysis indicates a very secure plugin, the only slight concern is the complete absence of nonce and capability checks. While this might be a deliberate design choice due to the limited attack surface, in general, these checks are crucial for preventing various attacks, especially if the plugin's functionality were to expand in the future. However, given the current state of the plugin with zero entry points requiring such checks, the risk is minimal. Overall, wp-term-authors v0.2.0 appears to be a highly secure plugin with a minimal risk profile.
Key Concerns
- Missing nonce checks
- Missing capability checks
WP Term Authors Security Vulnerabilities
WP Term Authors Release Timeline
WP Term Authors Code Analysis
Output Escaping
WP Term Authors Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 11
Maintenance & Trust
WP Term Authors Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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WP Term Authors Developer Profile
28 plugins · 331K total installs
How We Detect WP Term Authors
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/wp-term-authors/includes/class-wp-term-meta-ui.php/wp-content/plugins/wp-term-authors/includes/class-wp-term-authors.phpHTML / DOM Fingerprints
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