THE PENDING DRAFT

If you’re a WordPress developer that writes HTML/CSS/JS (which is 100% of theme developers and 99% of plugin developers), you need to know the basics of front end security for WordPress. WordPress gives you all the tools you need to make your theme or plugin secure. You just need to know how and when to use each tool.

CSS-Tricks published a good introduction to Escaping in WordPress and why it is so important. There’s no excuse anymore to not make your front end code secure.

Introduction to WordPress Front End Security: Escaping the Things