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Exploit Scanner

by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) · Security

Search the files and database of your WordPress install for signs that may indicate that it has fallen victim to malicious hackers.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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39 Health · F
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 59
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
8K–9K ≈8.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1390 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.5.2
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2008-06-26
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
4.7.33
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-07 9K+ → 8K+ down after 153 days in band
  2. 2026-01-05 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1138 days in band
  3. 2022-11-24 20K+ → 10K+ down

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Exploit Scanner: 8K+ active installs, 3.2★ (40 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/exploit-scanner