Technical Requirements

Is JakBot secure?

Yes. JakBot follows WordPress security best practices throughout:

Nonce verification — Every AJAX request is verified with a WordPress nonce to prevent cross-site request forgery.

Prepared statements — All database queries use $wpdb->prepare() to prevent SQL injection.

Capability checks — Admin-only features require the manage_options capability.

Input sanitization and output escaping — All user input is sanitized and all output is escaped using WordPress functions.

API key encryption — Jay’s Post Amplifier encrypts all API keys with AES-256-CBC using WordPress salts.

SSRF protection — External link checking skips private/reserved IP ranges.