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No Self Ping

by Michael Adams (mdawaffe) · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: No Self Ping is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for No Self Ping
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

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
dartiss23 Jan 2018 to 20 Aug 2026, 107 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for No Self Ping
Q1 20240
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 20 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

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

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2024 and Q2 2024.

Rating distribution
5 star12
4 star0
3 star0
2 star1
1 star1
Latest low reviews

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for No Self Ping
4 May 2026135
11 May 2026224
18 May 2026237
25 May 2026294
1 Jun 2026263
8 Jun 2026264
15 Jun 2026231
22 Jun 2026162
29 Jun 2026181
6 Jul 2026201
13 Jul 2026179
20 Jul 2026219
27 Jul 2026183
3 Aug 2026229
10 Aug 2026195
17 Aug 2026238
24 Aug 2026205
31 Aug 2026179
7 Sep 2026184
14 Sep 2026217
21 Sep 2026272
28 Sep 2026236
5 Oct 2026296
12 Oct 2026237
19 Oct 2026597
26 Oct 2026373
2 Nov 202651

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 35% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.2.1
AuthorMichael Adams (mdawaffe)
Added5 Oct 2006
Last updated20 Aug 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress4.6
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management
Tagsping, pingback, trackback

Other plugins by this author: WP LaTeX, Email Post Changes, Draft Notifier, bbPress Integration, Ajax Comment Preview, Just One Category

Questions

Is No Self Ping still maintained?

No Self Ping was last updated on 20 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is No Self Ping safe?

No Self Ping has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns No Self Ping?

The wordpress.org author is Michael Adams (mdawaffe). Recent committers: dartiss, mdawaffe, matt. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of No Self Ping?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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