
WP Term Family Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-familiesFamily for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms
Is WP Term Family Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 85/100WP Term Family has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The plugin 'wp-term-families' v0.2.0 demonstrates a strong security posture based on the static analysis. There are no identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events, resulting in a zero attack surface. Furthermore, the code signals show a complete absence of dangerous functions, raw SQL queries, file operations, external HTTP requests, and external HTTP requests. The high percentage of properly escaped output (91%) is also a positive indicator of secure coding practices.
The vulnerability history is equally encouraging, with zero known CVEs and no recorded common vulnerability types. This suggests a stable and secure codebase throughout its existence. The lack of any identified taint flows further reinforces the confidence in the sanitization and validation mechanisms within the plugin.
Overall, this plugin appears to be very well-secured. The minimal attack surface and lack of common vulnerability patterns are significant strengths. The only area for minor improvement, though not flagged as a severe risk in this version, could be the slight percentage of unescaped output, which is generally best practice to be 100%. However, given the other strong security indicators, the current risk is assessed as very low.
Key Concerns
- Unescaped output present
WP Term Family Security Vulnerabilities
WP Term Family Release Timeline
WP Term Family Code Analysis
Output Escaping
WP Term Family Attack Surface
WordPress Hooks 13
Maintenance & Trust
WP Term Family Maintenance & Trust
Maintenance Signals
Community Trust
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WP Term Family Developer Profile
28 plugins · 331K total installs
How We Detect WP Term Family
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
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