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Essential Real Estate

by g5theme · 7,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 30 Oct 2026, 22 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

86/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Essential Real Estate
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security60
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Essential Real Estate still maintained?
Yes. Last release 30 Oct 2026, 22 releases in the last 24 months. 30 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Essential Real Estate, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer g5theme since Feb 2017. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Essential Real Estate removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Essential Real Estate safe?
15 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 5.3.4). Not on the exploited list. 14 Aug 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Essential Real Estate update safe to install?
No ownership change before 5.3.5. No one-star spike after it. 30 Oct 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
g5theme25 Feb 2017 to 30 Oct 2026, 1006 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2017.

Maintenance

Last release
6 days ago
Releases, 24 months
22
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Essential Real Estate
Q1 20240
Q2 20242
Q3 202410
Q4 20249
Q1 20253
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20267
Q2 20264
Q3 20260
Q4 20262

Last release 30 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.3.

Rating distribution
5 star41
4 star1
3 star1
2 star2
1 star7

Security record

7 vulnerabilities in 24 months (15 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 5.3.4).

Show 15 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
14 Aug 2026Essential Real Estate <= 5.3.3 - Authenticated (Customer+) PHP Object Injection7.5<= 5.3.35.3.462
14 Dec 2025Essential Real Estate <= 5.3.4 - Missing Authorization5.3<= 5.3.45.3.5320
14 Dec 2025Essential Real Estate <= 5.3.4 - Authenticated (ERE Customer+) Insecure Direct Object Reference4.3<= 5.3.45.3.5320
21 May 2025Essential Real Estate <= 5.2.1 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion9.8<= 5.2.1Not affectedn/a
27 Mar 2025Essential Real Estate <= 5.2.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion9.8<= 5.2.05.2.1Patched before disclosure
24 Jan 2025Essential Real Estate <= 5.1.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 5.1.85.1.9Patched before disclosure
11 Dec 2024Essential Real Estate <= 5.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure4.3<= 5.1.65.1.7Patched before disclosure
3 Jun 2024Essential Real Estate <= 4.4.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Attachment Deletion4.3<= 4.4.44.4.528
3 Jun 2024Essential Real Estate <= 4.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode6.4<= 4.4.24.4.31
18 Dec 2023Essential Real Estate <= 4.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 4.3.54.4.0Patched before disclosure
18 Dec 2023Essential Real Estate <= 4.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Denial of Service5.4<= 4.3.54.4.0Patched before disclosure
14 Dec 2023Essential Real Estate <= 4.3.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload7.5<= 4.3.54.4.0Patched before disclosure
5 Dec 2022Essential Real Estate <= 3.9.6 - Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting6.1<= 3.9.64.0.0Patched before disclosure
17 Nov 2022Essential Real Estate <= 3.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting6.1<= 3.9.53.9.6Patched before disclosure
29 Jun 2019Essential Real Estate <= 1.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 1.7.21.7.24

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 5.3.4 (security, escaping); 5.3.5 (security, authorization).

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

Support

50% of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

7,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Essential Real Estate
4 May 2026347
11 May 2026526
18 May 2026677
25 May 2026496
1 Jun 20263,845
8 Jun 2026620
15 Jun 2026497
22 Jun 2026526
29 Jun 2026413
6 Jul 2026612
13 Jul 2026431
20 Jul 2026437
27 Jul 2026476
3 Aug 2026414
10 Aug 2026345
17 Aug 2026497
24 Aug 2026381
31 Aug 2026425
7 Sep 2026429
14 Sep 2026426
21 Sep 2026389
28 Sep 2026439
5 Oct 2026412
12 Oct 20263,259
19 Oct 20261,162
26 Oct 20263,516
2 Nov 2026237

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 148% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version5.3.5
Authorg5theme
Added25 Feb 2017
Last updated30 Oct 2026
Active installs7,000+
Requires WordPress4.5
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHPnot stated
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagsagent, agency, realtor, property, real-estate

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Questions

Is Essential Real Estate still maintained?

Yes. Last release 30 Oct 2026, 22 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Essential Real Estate, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer g5theme since Feb 2017.

Was Essential Real Estate removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Essential Real Estate safe?

15 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 5.3.4). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Essential Real Estate update safe to install?

No ownership change before 5.3.5. No one-star spike after it.

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