Embed Any Document
Healthy: maintained, last release 7 Aug 2026, 12 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 70 |
| Support | No data |
| Reputation | No data |
Quick answers
- Is Embed Any Document still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 7 Aug 2026, 12 releases in the last 24 months. 7 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Embed Any Document, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer awsmin since Nov 2014. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Embed Any Document removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Embed Any Document safe?
- 5 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.7.14). Not on the exploited list. 9 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Embed Any Document update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 2.7.14. No one-star spike after it. 7 Aug 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.
| awsmin | 10 Nov 2014 to 7 Aug 2026, 86 commits |
|---|---|
| aravindajith | 27 Nov 2024 to 4 Dec 2025, 13 commits |
2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2014.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 3 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 12
- Tested up to
- 7.0 vs 7.1
- Requires PHP
- not stated supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 3 |
| Q1 2025 | 2 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 |
| Q4 2025 | 2 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 4 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 7 Aug 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.2.
| 5 star | 64 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 7 |
| 3 star | 6 |
| 2 star | 4 |
| 1 star | 11 |
- Update broke sites · 2 stars · 20 Nov 2025
- very bad plugin · 1 star · 10 Dec 2022
- Requires external viewer · 1 star · 27 Jul 2021
Security record
4 vulnerabilities in 24 months (5 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 2.7.14).
Show 5 patched vulnerabilities
| Published | Issue | CVSS | Affected | Fixed in | Days to patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2026 | Embed Any Document <= 2.7.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'embeddoc' Shortcode | 6.4 | <= 2.7.13 | 2.7.14 | n/a |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Embed Any Document <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | 6.4 | <= 2.7.10 | 2.7.11 | 211 |
| 26 Sep 2025 | Embed Any Document <= 2.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | 6.4 | <= 2.7.7 | 2.7.8 | 56 |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Embed Any Document - Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files <= 2.7.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via embeddoc Shortcode | 6.4 | <= 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 534 |
| 14 Mar 2023 | Embed Any Document - Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files <= 2.7.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG files | 6.4 | <= 2.7.1 | 2.7.2 | n/a |
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.
Momentum
50,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 549 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 1,231 |
| 18 May 2026 | 1,023 |
| 25 May 2026 | 938 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 930 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 964 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 897 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 909 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 898 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 873 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 19,828 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 4,563 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 2,592 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 18,980 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 6,160 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 2,798 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 2,565 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 2,193 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 1,654 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1,779 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1,691 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1,475 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1,938 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 1,651 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 2,262 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 1,946 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 265 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 51% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 2.7.14 |
|---|---|
| Author | awsm.in |
| Added | 10 Nov 2014 |
| Last updated | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 50,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Category | Content Management > Document Management & Downloads |
| Tags | word ppt, embed ppt, pdf viewer, document viewer, embed documents |
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Questions
Is Embed Any Document still maintained?
Yes. Last release 7 Aug 2026, 12 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns Embed Any Document, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer awsmin since Nov 2014.
Was Embed Any Document removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.
Is Embed Any Document safe?
5 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.7.14). Not on the exploited list.
Is the latest Embed Any Document update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.7.14. No one-star spike after it.