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SameSite Cookies

by Ayesh Karunaratne · Security

CSRF-protection for authentication cookies. When enabled, this plugin makes sure the "SameSite" flag is set in authentication cookies.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
40 Health · D
Maintenance 8
Rating quality 56
Support 70

Daily downloads

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

-62%
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 “700+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots

Details

Version
2.1
Last updated
3.0y ago
Added
2019-05-02
Requires WP
6.2
Tested up to
6.3.8
Requires PHP
7.0

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-06 900+ → 800+ down after 122 days in band
  2. 2025-12-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2025-12-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in band
  4. 2025-12-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 61 days in band
  5. 2025-10-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in band
  6. 2025-09-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in band
  7. 2025-09-26 900+ → 1K+ up after 63 days in band
  8. 2025-07-25 1K+ → 900+ down

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SameSite Cookies: 700+ active installs, 2.5★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/samesite