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DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News

by David Baumwald · 50+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
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Limited data: DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.

71/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News
Ownership100
Maintenance20
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News still maintained?
No. Last release 6 Feb 2025, over 1 year ago. 6 Feb 2025 · wordpress.org
Who owns DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer davidbaumwald since May 2019. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.0.0. No one-star spike after it. 28 May 2019 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11, 4 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence
  • WarningMNT-1No release in 21 months (last release 6 Feb 2025). Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.6 Feb 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master27 May 2019 to 27 May 2019, 1 commits
davidbaumwald28 May 2019 to 6 Feb 2025, 17 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

Maintenance

Last release
21 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
6.7 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 6 Feb 2025. Tested up to 6.7, 4 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 1.0.

Rating distribution
5 star0
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

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

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

50+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Momentum history builds with each snapshot.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.0.0
AuthorDavid Baumwald
Added28 May 2019
Last updated6 Feb 2025
Active installs50+
Requires WordPress3.5
Tested up to6.7.11
Requires PHPnot stated
Categorynot stated
Tagshide, news, updraft, dashboard

Other plugins by this author: Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling, Exclude Image Thumbnails From UpdraftPlus Backups, Disable WebP By Default, Disable Admin WP Cron Notice For UpdraftPlus, Disable Lazy Loading for IFRAMES, ACF Post Object Field Type Add-on, Copy & Paste Order for WooCommerce, Admin Bug Report, Plugins Stats Dashboard

Questions

Is DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News still maintained?

No. Last release 6 Feb 2025, over 1 year ago.

Who owns DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer davidbaumwald since May 2019.

Was DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest DE Hide UpdraftPlus Dashboard News update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.0.0. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 4 Nov 2026.Report a data issue