wordpress-security-validation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill protects WordPress sites from common web vulnerabilities like XSS, CSRF, and SQL injection by implementing robust security practices.

Core Features & Use Cases

• CSRF Protection: Secure forms, URLs, and AJAX requests using nonces.
• Input Sanitization: Clean user input to remove dangerous characters and normalize data.
• Data Validation: Ensure data meets business logic requirements.
• Output Escaping: Prevent XSS by encoding data before displaying it.
• SQL Injection Prevention: Secure database queries using prepared statements.
• Use Case: When building a custom plugin that accepts user-submitted data, this Skill ensures all input is sanitized, validated, and output is escaped, preventing common attacks.

Quick Start

Implement nonce verification for a form submission using wp_nonce_field and wp_verify_nonce.