NS Featured Posts
Healthy: NS Featured Posts is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
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.
| rabmalin | 4 Jun 2014 to 30 Jul 2024, 64 commits |
|---|---|
| nilambar | 11 Sep 2025 to 2 Sep 2026, 3 commits |
2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 2 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 2
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 3 |
| Q3 2024 | 1 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 2 Sep 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
Lifetime rating 4.8 from 29 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.
| 5 star | 25 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 2 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
4,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 76 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 155 |
| 18 May 2026 | 194 |
| 25 May 2026 | 160 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 144 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 117 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 114 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 107 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 82 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 106 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 102 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 151 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 94 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 126 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 116 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 124 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 136 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1,306 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 410 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 401 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 317 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 297 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 236 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 170 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 314 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 345 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 43 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 1% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 4.0.0 |
|---|---|
| Author | Nilambar Sharma |
| Added | 4 Jun 2014 |
| Last updated | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Active installs | 4,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | Site Administration & Utilities > Bulk Operations & Batch Editing |
| Tags | meta, post, custom, featured, featured post |
Other plugins by this author: Admin Customizer, NS Category Widget, Date Today Nepali, Prime Addons for Elementor, OutRadar
Questions
Is NS Featured Posts still maintained?
NS Featured Posts was last updated on 2 Sep 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is NS Featured Posts safe?
NS Featured Posts has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns NS Featured Posts?
The wordpress.org author is Nilambar Sharma. Recent committers: nilambar, rabmalin, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of NS Featured Posts?
We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.