Limited data: Directorist has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Quick answers
- Is Directorist still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 20 Sep 2026, 11 releases in the last 24 months. 20 Sep 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Directorist, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer wpwax since Jun 2022. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Directorist removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Directorist safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Directorist update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 2.2.3. No one-star spike after it. 20 Sep 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.
| plugin-master | 28 Jun 2022 to 28 Jun 2022, 1 commits |
|---|---|
| wpwax | 29 Jun 2022 to 20 Sep 2026, 16 commits |
| rafiq91 | 17 Nov 2024 to 17 Nov 2024, 2 commits |
3 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2022.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 45 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 11
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 2 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 3 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 20 Sep 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 2.0.
| 5 star | 0 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 0 |
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
400+ 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
| Version | 2.2.3 |
|---|---|
| Author | wpWax |
| Added | 29 Jun 2022 |
| Last updated | 20 Sep 2026 |
| Active installs | 400+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | not stated |
| Tags | wpml, directory, directorist, multilingual |
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Questions
Is Directorist still maintained?
Yes. Last release 20 Sep 2026, 11 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns Directorist, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer wpwax since Jun 2022.
Was Directorist removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.
Is Directorist safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest Directorist update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.2.3. No one-star spike after it.