Invite Anyone

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ songdove

   3.0y ago

   The actual form itself is useful and once you’ve set wordpress to use an smtp plugin, invites do show up in email inboxes. But the widget forces double-action, entering emails in the widget box, then again in the form as they are not passed to the form. It would be nice to have a shortcode directly to the form, so that I could make my own sidebar text box using the shortcode to encourage members to invite their friends. I’d rather the sidebar go directly to the form, than force users to enter emails twice.

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2. ★★★★★ scarlettr8

   3.1y ago

   No responses from plugin author, you’re on your own with a plugin that has unresolved issues.

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3. ★★★★★ melbatoast4

   5.0y ago

   This plugin is exactly what I needed for my member site, and nothing extra. Easy to set up and works great.

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4. ★★★★★ ajayjob2011

   6.8y ago

   1. Please update with the current WordPress version. 2. FEATURE REQUEST: Invite Facebook friends or Whatapps Number.

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5. ★★★★★ AiratTop

   8.6y ago

   I like it! 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ hshirazi

   8.6y ago

   it does what it says. the only problem is it sends an email with WordPress username. wordspress@yourdomain I could not find how to change this email address so that it represents the site.

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7. ★★★★★ Andrew Tegenkamp

   8.9y ago

   This is a great plugin that is well written and gets the job done! Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ amitjugran

   9.0y ago

   Invite Anyone does the job effortlessly.

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6 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Invite Anyone <= 1.4.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-08-16 CVE-2024-43327 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.7 Patched in 1.4.8
2. Critical · 9.8 Invite Anyone <= 1.3.18 - PHP Object Injection ↗
   2017-10-12 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 1.3.18 Patched in 1.3.19
3. High · 8.8 Invite Anyone < 1.3.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2017-03-22 CVE-2017-18544 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects < 1.3.16 Patched in 1.3.16
4. High · 7.5 Invite Anyone <= 1.3.15 - Improper Input Validation ↗
   2017-03-22 CVE-2017-18545 Improper Input Validation Affects <= 1.3.15 Patched in 1.3.16
5. High · 7.5 Invite Anyone < 1.3.16 - Email Injection ↗
   2017-03-22 CVE-2017-18543 Improper Access Control Affects < 1.3.16 Patched in 1.3.16
6. Medium · 5.3 Invite Anyone <= 1.3.14 - Change of Email Invitation Content ↗
   2017-03-17 CVE-2017-6955 Improper Input Validation Affects < 1.3.15 Patched in 1.3.15

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1

Translated into 131 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 107 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-07-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2024-07-10 4K+ → 2K+ down after 146 days in tier
3. 2024-02-15 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-02-14 4K+ → 5K+ up after 45 days in tier
5. 2023-12-31 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• B Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• BuddyPress 90K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications) 30K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A

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Invite Anyone: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (26 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/invite-anyone