In reply to djsteveb.

trying to keep it short, forgot this par "Just look at the code as I’m sure you may have done already."

No, if I looked at the code I would not understand it - even if I understood the php within, I would now understand the other parts of WP and what it was affecting. Since it's in the repo I would trust that the WP peeps have looked to see it is safe - and the community at large would mention in support thread if there was an issue.

I would use it as it appears to be the only reasonable option for my current situation . Aside from the other mentioned bigger steps (fork / don't use wp / blah blah)