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Cooked

Cooked - Recipe Management
by Gora Tech · 3,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 1 Nov 2026, 23 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

93/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Cooked
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security80
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Cooked still maintained?
Yes. Last release 1 Nov 2026, 23 releases in the last 24 months. 1 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Cooked, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer xjsv since Apr 2024. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Cooked removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Cooked safe?
14 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 1.16.2). Not on the exploited list. 15 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Cooked update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.17.0. No one-star spike after it. 1 Nov 2026 · Release history

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.

Committers and their active periods
boxystudio2 Mar 2017 to 3 Apr 2024, 104 commits
xjsv13 Apr 2024 to 1 Nov 2026, 76 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2013.

Maintenance

Last release
3 days ago
Releases, 24 months
23
Tested up to
7.2 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Cooked
Q1 20240
Q2 20245
Q3 20248
Q4 20246
Q1 20253
Q2 20253
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20264
Q2 20262
Q3 20262
Q4 20262

Last release 1 Nov 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 3.9.

Rating distribution
5 star57
4 star6
3 star5
2 star4
1 star18

Security record

4 vulnerabilities in 24 months (14 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 1.16.2).

Show 14 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
15 Oct 2026Cooked <= 1.16.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via [cooked-timer] Shortcode Content6.4<= 1.16.11.16.2Patched before disclosure
16 Sep 2026Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.16.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference4.3<= 1.16.01.16.1Patched before disclosure
31 Dec 2025Cooked <= 1.11.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting4.4<= 1.11.31.11.414
24 Dec 2025Cooked <= 1.11.3 - Missing Authorization5.3<= 1.11.31.11.421
4 Aug 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode6.4<= 1.8.01.8.12
17 Jul 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via cooked_get_recipe_ids4.3<= 1.7.15.41.8.01
17 Jul 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update4.3<= 1.7.15.41.8.01
17 Jul 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Template Apply5.4<= 1.7.15.41.8.01
17 Jul 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Template Reset4.3<= 1.7.15.41.8.01
17 Jul 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= 1.7.15.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) HTML Injection5<= 1.7.15.41.8.01
13 Jun 2024Cooked - Recipe Management <= Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 1.7.15.41.8.035
29 Sep 2023Cooked <= 1.7.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 1.7.141.7.15.1188
18 Jul 2023Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get6.1<= 1.1.121.1.13Patched before disclosure
21 Jun 2021Cooked <= 1.7.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 1.7.91.7.9.1171

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 1.16.1 (CSRF); 1.16.2 (XSS, escaping); 1.17.0 (XSS, escaping).

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

3,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Cooked
4 May 202672
11 May 2026163
18 May 2026318
25 May 2026193
1 Jun 2026144
8 Jun 2026123
15 Jun 2026149
22 Jun 20261,226
29 Jun 2026222
6 Jul 2026318
13 Jul 2026145
20 Jul 2026151
27 Jul 2026157
3 Aug 2026157
10 Aug 20261,274
17 Aug 2026580
24 Aug 2026342
31 Aug 2026258
7 Sep 20261,177
14 Sep 2026673
21 Sep 2026413
28 Sep 2026332
5 Oct 20261,538
12 Oct 2026559
19 Oct 2026481
26 Oct 2026609
2 Nov 20261,042

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 42% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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Facts

Version1.17.0
AuthorGora Tech
Added3 Nov 2013
Last updated1 Nov 2026
Active installs3,000+
Requires WordPress6.8
Tested up to7.2
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
TagsRecipe, cooking, food blog, nutrition, recipe schema

Questions

Is Cooked still maintained?

Yes. Last release 1 Nov 2026, 23 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Cooked, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer xjsv since Apr 2024.

Was Cooked removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Cooked safe?

14 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 1.16.2). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Cooked update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.17.0. No one-star spike after it.

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