Advance Canonical URL
Healthy: Advance Canonical URL is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| usmanaliqureshi | 17 Aug 2017 to 23 Oct 2026, 23 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 12 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 6
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.3 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 2 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 1 |
Last release 23 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
Lifetime rating 5.0 from 4 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.
| 5 star | 4 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 44 |
| 18 May 2026 | 42 |
| 25 May 2026 | 40 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 43 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 64 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1,342 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 169 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 160 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 114 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 110 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 145 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 137 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 100 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 1,247 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 289 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 211 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 225 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 174 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 141 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 187 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 121 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 128 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 118 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 1,301 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 337 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 43 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 72% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 1.1.1 |
|---|---|
| Author | Usman Ali Qureshi |
| Added | 17 Aug 2017 |
| Last updated | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 1,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.3 |
| Category | Marketing & Advertising > SEO & Search Optimization |
| Tags | seo, canonical, canonical url, custom canonical, duplicate content |
Other plugins by this author: Server Info - System Health & Diagnostics Suite, MetaViewer - Debug Meta Data, FactorGuard - Two-Factor Authentication, Fusion Pricing Tables, Randomize Password
Questions
Is Advance Canonical URL still maintained?
Advance Canonical URL was last updated on 23 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Advance Canonical URL safe?
Advance Canonical URL has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Advance Canonical URL?
The wordpress.org author is Usman Ali Qureshi. Recent committers: usmanaliqureshi, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Advance Canonical URL?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: ThinkRank SEO - AI SEO Plugin for SEO & Google Search Console, Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google, XML Sitemap Generator for Google, The SEO Framework - Fast, Automated, Effortless., CrawlWP SEO - Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance.