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PhastPress

by Albert Peschar · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 24 Oct 2026, 7 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

86/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for PhastPress
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security80
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is PhastPress still maintained?
Yes. Last release 24 Oct 2026, 7 releases in the last 24 months. 24 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns PhastPress, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer kiboit since Dec 2017. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was PhastPress removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is PhastPress safe?
3 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 3.11). Not on the exploited list. 14 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest PhastPress update safe to install?
No ownership change before 3.13. No one-star spike after it. 24 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
kiboit28 Dec 2017 to 24 Oct 2026, 371 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2017.

Maintenance

Last release
11 days ago
Releases, 24 months
7
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.3 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for PhastPress
Q1 20242
Q2 20241
Q3 20241
Q4 20242
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20252
Q1 20261
Q2 20261
Q3 20262
Q4 20261

Last release 24 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.9.

Rating distribution
5 star96
4 star0
3 star2
2 star0
1 star1
Latest low reviews

Security record

2 vulnerabilities in 24 months (3 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 3.11).

Show 3 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
14 Oct 2026PhastPress <= 3.10 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via 'src' Parameter7.3<= 3.103.11Patched before disclosure
22 Dec 2025PhastPress <= 3.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via Null Byte Injection9.8<= 3.73.8Patched before disclosure
19 Mar 2021PhastPress <= 1.110 - Open Redirect6.1<= 1.1101.111Patched before disclosure

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

Support

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

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for PhastPress
4 May 2026155
11 May 2026328
18 May 2026277
25 May 2026345
1 Jun 2026315
8 Jun 2026340
15 Jun 20264,688
22 Jun 20261,944
29 Jun 20261,080
6 Jul 20261,254
13 Jul 2026693
20 Jul 2026746
27 Jul 20265,574
3 Aug 20262,371
10 Aug 20265,403
17 Aug 20262,425
24 Aug 20261,072
31 Aug 2026767
7 Sep 2026513
14 Sep 2026824
21 Sep 2026588
28 Sep 2026579
5 Oct 2026527
12 Oct 2026693
19 Oct 20264,843
26 Oct 20262,840
2 Nov 2026210

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 40% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version3.13
AuthorAlbert Peschar
Added28 Dec 2017
Last updated24 Oct 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress6.2
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.3
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsspeed, Page Speed, optimisation, optimization, pagespeed insights

Other plugins by this author: Cachebuster

Questions

Is PhastPress still maintained?

Yes. Last release 24 Oct 2026, 7 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns PhastPress, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer kiboit since Dec 2017.

Was PhastPress removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is PhastPress safe?

3 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 3.11). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest PhastPress update safe to install?

No ownership change before 3.13. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 4 Nov 2026.Report a data issue