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GD Rating System

by Milan Petrovic · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 1 Oct 2026, 4 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

89/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for GD Rating System
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security70
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is GD Rating System still maintained?
Yes. Last release 1 Oct 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months. 1 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns GD Rating System, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer GDragoN since Dec 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was GD Rating System removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is GD Rating System safe?
15 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 3.7.2). Not on the exploited list. 2 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest GD Rating System update safe to install?
No ownership change before 3.7.2. No one-star spike after it. 1 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
GDragoN25 Dec 2015 to 1 Oct 2026, 107 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
34 days ago
Releases, 24 months
4
Tested up to
7.2 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for GD Rating System
Q1 20240
Q2 20242
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20261
Q4 20261

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

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.3.

Rating distribution
5 star17
4 star3
3 star0
2 star2
1 star2

Security record

4 vulnerabilities in 24 months (15 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 3.7.2).

Show 15 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
2 Oct 2026GD Rating System <= 3.7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title' and 'url' Render Args in gdrts_live_handler AJAX7.2<= 3.7.13.7.2Patched before disclosure
2 Jul 2026GD Rating System <= 3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection6.5<= 3.73.7.112
29 Apr 2026GD Rating System <= 3.6.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection7.5<= 3.6.23.7Patched before disclosure
19 Nov 2024GD Rating System <= 3.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via extra_class Parameter6.4<= 3.6.13.6.2Patched before disclosure
11 Jul 2024GD Rating System <= 3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion8.8<= 3.63.6.1Patched before disclosure
8 Jan 2024GD Rating System <= 3.5.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via IP6.5<= 3.5.03.5.1Patched before disclosure
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Directory Traversal7.5< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Directory Traversal7.5< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Directory Traversal7.5< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Directory Traversal7.5< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 2.3.12.3.14
8 Jan 2018GD Rating System <= 2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 2.3.12.3.14
23 Feb 2017GD Rating System < 2.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 2.12.11

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 3.7.1 (security, vulnerability, SQL injection); 3.7.2 (security, sanitize).

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

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for GD Rating System
4 May 202682
11 May 2026106
18 May 2026109
25 May 202697
1 Jun 202680
8 Jun 202693
15 Jun 202658
22 Jun 202671
29 Jun 202682
6 Jul 202696
13 Jul 2026804
20 Jul 2026166
27 Jul 2026149
3 Aug 2026146
10 Aug 2026117
17 Aug 2026149
24 Aug 2026131
31 Aug 2026132
7 Sep 2026135
14 Sep 2026157
21 Sep 2026152
28 Sep 2026880
5 Oct 2026316
12 Oct 2026222
19 Oct 2026294
26 Oct 2026206
2 Nov 202638

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 1% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version3.7.2
AuthorMilan Petrovic
Added25 Dec 2015
Last updated1 Oct 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress5.5
Tested up to7.2
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryCommunity & Social > Comments & Discussions
Tagslike, vote, stars, rating, dev4press

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Questions

Is GD Rating System still maintained?

Yes. Last release 1 Oct 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns GD Rating System, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer GDragoN since Dec 2015.

Was GD Rating System removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is GD Rating System safe?

15 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 3.7.2). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest GD Rating System update safe to install?

No ownership change before 3.7.2. No one-star spike after it.

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