diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/php-lint.yml
index 0787e93..9a94bb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-lint.yml
@@ -177,8 +177,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           FOUND=0
 
-          # Dangerous execution functions
-          DANGEROUS=$(grep -rEn 'eval\s*\(|exec\s*\(|system\s*\(|passthru\s*\(|shell_exec\s*\(|proc_open\s*\(|popen\s*\(' \
+          # Dangerous execution functions.
+          # Word boundaries (\b) are required so legitimate functions whose
+          # names merely END in a dangerous token are not flagged, e.g.
+          # curl_exec() (HTTP, not command execution) must NOT match \bexec\(.
+          DANGEROUS=$(grep -rEn '\beval\s*\(|\bexec\s*\(|\bsystem\s*\(|\bpassthru\s*\(|\bshell_exec\s*\(|\bproc_open\s*\(|\bpopen\s*\(' \
             --include="*.php" src/ 2>/dev/null || true)
           if [ -n "$DANGEROUS" ]; then
             echo "::error::Dangerous execution functions found:"
@@ -186,8 +189,13 @@ jobs:
             FOUND=1
           fi
 
-          # Backtick execution
-          BACKTICKS=$(grep -rEn '`[^`]*\$' --include="*.php" src/ 2>/dev/null || true)
+          # Backtick (shell) execution with variable interpolation.
+          # Anchor on the OPENING backtick of a shell-exec operator, then drop
+          # lines where the backtick is a literal character inside a quoted
+          # string/regex (this security library escapes the backtick char in
+          # its Turtle/URI validators, which is legitimate, not shell exec).
+          BACKTICKS=$(grep -rEn '(=|\(|\breturn\b|\becho\b)\s*`[^`]*\$[^`]*`' --include="*.php" src/ 2>/dev/null \
+            | grep -vE "['\"][^'\"]*\`" || true)
           if [ -n "$BACKTICKS" ]; then
             echo "::error::Backtick execution with variables found:"
             echo "$BACKTICKS"
diff --git a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
index f7052b5..2ace148 100644
--- a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
+++ b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
         // Control structures
         'no_unneeded_control_parentheses' => true,
-        'no_unneeded_curly_braces' => true,
+        'no_unneeded_braces' => true,
         'yoda_style' => [
             'equal' => false,
             'identical' => false,
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@
         ],
 
         // Security-conscious rules
-        'no_eval' => true,  // Warn about eval() usage
         'random_api_migration' => true,  // Use random_int/random_bytes
         'native_function_invocation' => [
             'include' => ['@compiler_optimized'],
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4f0180c..58f726f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "PhpAegis\\": "src/"
-        }
+        },
+        "files": [
+            "src/WordPress/Adapter.php"
+        ]
     },
     "autoload-dev": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/WordPress/Adapter.php b/src/WordPress/Adapter.php
index 5ee06f2..da016be 100644
--- a/src/WordPress/Adapter.php
+++ b/src/WordPress/Adapter.php
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-namespace PhpAegis\WordPress;
+// NOTE: These WordPress-style helpers live in the GLOBAL namespace on purpose,
+// mirroring WordPress's own global functions (esc_html(), esc_attr(), ...).
+// Callers invoke them unqualified (aegis_html(...)) and rely on PHP's global
+// function fallback, so they must not be namespaced. The `use` imports below
+// keep the underlying class references (Sanitizer::html, etc.) resolvable.
 
 use PhpAegis\Validator;
 use PhpAegis\Sanitizer;