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Z Companion

by wpzita · Content & Feeds

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Using Z Companion Import pre made websites in just one click install.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
58 Health · C
Maintenance 45/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

58 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins

200+

Active installs

≈250 estimated

19.5K

Total downloads

since 2021

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

+21%

98

Downloads · 30d

category median +22%

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.

70 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 53/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 509 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+21% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

98

now · peak 479

9830d downloads · Sep 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

Z Companion · #11405 you Starter Templates & · #600 Woostify Sites Libra · #1429 Icyclub · #2247

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.

490per 1k installs · Sep 26

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

1.4y ago

latest release · v1.1.2

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.2 · 1.4y ago1.1.0 · 1.5y ago1.1.1 · 1.5y ago1.0.13 · 1.5y ago1.0.12 · 4.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 65% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 65%
v1.0 35%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,384 observations

200Installs · Sep 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.

Ratings · 0 reviews

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Details

Version
1.1.2
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2021-01-27 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. Medium · 6.4 Z Companion <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload ↗
    2025-04-10 CVE-2025-2575 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.1 Patched in 1.1.2
  2. Medium · 4.3 Z Companion <= 1.0.13 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2025-03-27 CVE-2025-30817 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.0.13 Patched in 1.1.0

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 6.7.2

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-29 300+ → 200+ down after 112 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-07 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-05 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-01 400+ → 300+ down after 117 days in tier
  5. 2025-09-06 500+ → 400+ down after 6 days in tier
  6. 2025-08-31 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-08-30 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
  8. 2025-08-23 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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