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Ruby Help Desk

by Waseem Senjer · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 10 other plugins · 26.9K+ installs across the portfolio →

Ruby Help Desk is a WordPress plugin which works as a customer support platform.

Removed from WordPress.org

wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-03 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 6/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 54 average across 3,793 Admin & Utilities plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

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

44 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 13/100
WP compatibility 53/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1244 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,396 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-29% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

55

now · peak 155

6330d 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

Ruby Help Desk · #52635 you Loginizer · #46 Redux Framework · #70 Admin Menu Editor · #159

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

3.4y ago

latest release · v1.3.3

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.3 · 3.4y ago1.3.2 · 3.5y ago1.3.1 · 8.3y ago1.3.0 · 8.9y ago1.2.0 · 9.0y ago1.1.0 · 9.2y ago1.0.0 · 9.2y ago

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
0–0 ≈0

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 observations

0Installs · Aug 26

Details

Version
1.3.4
Last updated
3.4y ago
Added
2017-05-26 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
6.2.9
Requires PHP

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. 2023-04-10 CVE-2023-1125 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.3.3 Patched in 1.3.4

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.

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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