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Frontype

Frontype | Select a custom post type as a front page
by Jose Mortellaro · 300+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Limited data

Limited data: Frontype has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Frontype
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Frontype still maintained?
Yes. Last release 1 Oct 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months. 1 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Frontype, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer giuse since May 2022. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Frontype removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Frontype safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Frontype update safe to install?
No ownership change before 0.0.2. No one-star spike after it. 2 May 2024 · 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
plugin-master23 May 2022 to 23 May 2022, 1 commits
giuse23 May 2022 to 1 Oct 2026, 17 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2022.

Maintenance

Last release
34 days ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Frontype
Q1 20240
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 1 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.5.

Rating distribution
5 star3
4 star0
3 star1
2 star0
1 star0

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

300+ 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

Version0.0.2
AuthorJose Mortellaro
Added23 May 2022
Last updated1 Oct 2026
Active installs300+
Requires WordPress4.6
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6
Categorynot stated
Tagsfront page, custom post type

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Questions

Is Frontype still maintained?

Yes. Last release 1 Oct 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Frontype, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer giuse since May 2022.

Was Frontype removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Frontype safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Frontype update safe to install?

No ownership change before 0.0.2. No one-star spike after it.

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