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Fastly

by Fastly · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Watch2 Warnings

Watch: tested up to WordPress 6.8.0, 3 major versions behind 7.1.4.

70/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Fastly
Ownership100
Maintenance20
Security95
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.8.0, 3 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence
  • WarningMNT-1No release in 12 months (last release 16 Oct 2025). Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.16 Oct 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

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

Committers and their active periods
fastly24 Jul 2012 to 16 Oct 2025, 126 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
13 months ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
6.8 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Fastly
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20251
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 16 Oct 2025. Tested up to 6.8, 3 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

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

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
22 Sep 2025Fastly <= 1.2.28 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 1.2.281.2.2924
20 May 2024Fastly <= 1.2.25 - Missing Authorization4.3<= 1.2.251.2.26n/a
17 May 2024Fastly <= 1.2.25 - Missing Authorization via AJAX actions4.3<= 1.2.251.2.26n/a
3 Feb 2015Fastly <= 0.97 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 0.970.981

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 5.0 from 1 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

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

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Fastly
4 May 202665
11 May 2026100
18 May 2026108
25 May 2026143
1 Jun 2026127
8 Jun 2026152
15 Jun 2026107
22 Jun 2026118
29 Jun 202691
6 Jul 202665
13 Jul 2026126
20 Jul 2026162
27 Jul 2026202
3 Aug 2026155
10 Aug 2026213
17 Aug 2026250
24 Aug 2026406
31 Aug 2026558
7 Sep 2026334
14 Sep 2026156
21 Sep 2026240
28 Sep 2026291
5 Oct 2026206
12 Oct 2026293
19 Oct 2026386
26 Oct 2026279
2 Nov 202653

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

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

CloudflareScore 91 · 200,000+WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud StorageScore 91 · 30,000+OSS AliyunScore 91 · 3,000+Media Cloud SyncScore 91 · 1,000+Offload Media - Cloud StorageScore 91 · 1,000+

Facts

Version1.2.29
AuthorFastly
Added24 Jul 2012
Last updated16 Oct 2025
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress4.6.2
Tested up to6.8.0
Requires PHPnot stated
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagscdn, speed, Spike, fastly, performance

Questions

Is Fastly still maintained?

Fastly was last updated on 16 Oct 2025. Its Canary status is Watch.

Is Fastly safe?

Fastly has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Watch.

Who owns Fastly?

The wordpress.org author is Fastly. Recent committers: fastly, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Fastly?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Cloudflare, WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage, OSS Aliyun, Media Cloud Sync, Offload Media - Cloud Storage.

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