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MSN Partner Hub

by microsoftstart · Uncategorized

MSN Partner Hub WordPress plugin is developed by Microsoft. It helps WordPress content creators to share content to MSN directly from their sites.

⚠ Few reviews
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74 Health · B
Maintenance 84/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

74 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 95/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-18% vs prior 30d
44Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.1K

now · peak 3.4K

1.1K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

MSN Partner Hub · #6828 you Microsoft Clarity · #265 ICS Calendar · #1505 WPO365 · #1736

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

7mo ago

latest release · v2.9

17

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.9 · 7mo ago2.8.7 · 12mo ago2.8.5 · 1.0y ago2.8.6 · 1.0y ago2.8 · 1.3y ago2.7.19 · 2.2y ago2.7.18 · 2.3y ago2.7.17 · 2.3y ago2.7.16 · 2.4y ago2.7.15 · 2.5y ago2.7.14 · 2.6y ago2.7.13 · 2.7y ago2.7.12 · 3.0y ago2.7.11 · 3.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.9 86%
v2.8 12%
v2.7 2.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,422 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
2.9
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2021-10-21 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.4
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.3

Recent reviews

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  1. maportugal
    2.4y ago

    useless, only accepts guests

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  2. alexhlr
    4.3y ago

    After updating to v2 it throws to error if I try to open any post. WordPress version 5.9.3 Current plugin: Microsoft Start (version 2.0) PHP version 8.0.17 Error Details ============= An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 70 of the file /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-content/plugins/microsoft-start/includes/posts.php. Error message: Uncaught TypeError: array_key_exists(): Argument #2 ($array) must be of type array, stdClass given in /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-content/plugins/microsoft-start/includes/posts.php:70 Stack trace: #0 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-content/plugins/microsoft-start/includes/posts.php(70): array_key_exists(‘partnerMetadata’, Object(stdClass)) #1 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(307): microsoft_startPosts->ms_post_status_transition_handler(‘publish’, ‘publish’, Object(WP_Post)) #2 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(331): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array) #3 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-includes/plugin.php(474): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #4 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-includes/post.php(5317): do_action(‘transition_post…’, ‘publish’, ‘publish’, Object(WP_Post)) #5 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-includes/post.php(4577): wp_transition_post_status(‘publish’, ‘publish’, Object(WP_Post)) #6 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-includes/post.php(4789): wp_insert_post(Array, false, true) #7 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-admin/includes/post.php(426): wp_update_post(Array) #8 /nas/content/live/heysocal/wp-admin/post.php(227): edit_post() #9 {main} thrown` This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by alexhlr.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. 2025-10-06 CVE-2025-62931 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.8.7 No patch available

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 11 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
German 100%
Japanese 100%
Korean 100%
Spanish (Mexico) 100%
Spanish (Chile) 96%
Spanish (Spain) 96%
Swedish 95%
Spanish (Colombia) 34%
Spanish (Ecuador) 34%
Spanish (Venezuela) 34%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-01-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 66 days in tier
  2. 2023-11-19 800+ → 900+ up after 24 days in tier
  3. 2023-10-26 700+ → 800+ up after 167 days in tier
  4. 2023-05-12 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-05-11 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2023-05-09 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2023-05-08 700+ → 600+ down after 8 days in tier
  8. 2023-04-30 600+ → 700+ up after 98 days in tier

Competes with

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