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Prime Mover

Prime Mover - Backup and Migration
by Codexonics · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 19 Oct 2026, 19 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

85/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Prime Mover
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security65
Support70
Reputation85

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Prime Mover still maintained?
Yes. Last release 19 Oct 2026, 19 releases in the last 24 months. 19 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Prime Mover, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer codexonics since Jun 2019. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Prime Mover removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Prime Mover safe?
6 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.2.2). Not on the exploited list. 22 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Prime Mover update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.2.2. No one-star spike after it. 19 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
plugin-master26 Jun 2019 to 26 Jun 2019, 1 commits
codexonics29 Jun 2019 to 19 Oct 2026, 219 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

Maintenance

Last release
16 days ago
Releases, 24 months
19
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Prime Mover
Q1 20244
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20243
Q1 20253
Q2 20252
Q3 20252
Q4 20252
Q1 20262
Q2 20263
Q3 20262
Q4 20261

Last release 19 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: 5.0 (4 reviews). Lifetime: 5.0.

Average rating per quarter for Prime Mover
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20254.8
Q4 20255.0
Q1 20265.0
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20265.0
Q4 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2025 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star139
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

4 vulnerabilities in 24 months (6 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 2.2.2).

Show 6 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
22 Oct 2026Prime Mover <= 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Base64-Encoded Comment during Migration Search-and-Replace9.8<= 2.2.12.2.2Patched before disclosure
1 Oct 2026Prime Mover – Backup and Migration <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting4.4<= 2.2.02.2.1Patched before disclosure
1 Oct 2026Prime Mover – Backup and Migration <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion7.1<= 2.2.02.2.1Patched before disclosure
1 Oct 2026Prime Mover – Backup and Migration <= 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload8.8<= 2.2.02.2.1Patched before disclosure
24 Nov 2023Prime Mover <= 1.9.2 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing7.5<= 1.9.21.9.33
4 Mar 2022Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks6.3< 1.5.01.5.0Patched before disclosure

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 2.2.1 (security, vulnerability, XSS); 2.2.2 (security, sanitize).

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

Support

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

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Prime Mover
4 May 20261,492
11 May 20261,997
18 May 20262,464
25 May 20261,314
1 Jun 20266,345
8 Jun 20262,462
15 Jun 20261,733
22 Jun 20261,446
29 Jun 20261,272
6 Jul 20261,951
13 Jul 20261,102
20 Jul 20261,171
27 Jul 20261,097
3 Aug 20268,062
10 Aug 20262,071
17 Aug 20261,744
24 Aug 20261,459
31 Aug 20261,482
7 Sep 20261,267
14 Sep 20268,238
21 Sep 20262,375
28 Sep 20261,877
5 Oct 20262,091
12 Oct 20261,426
19 Oct 20268,872
26 Oct 20263,811
2 Nov 2026300

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 37% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version2.2.2
AuthorCodexonics
Added29 Jun 2019
Last updated19 Oct 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.2
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Migration & Cloning
Tagsclone, backup, migrate WordPress, multisite migration

Questions

Is Prime Mover still maintained?

Yes. Last release 19 Oct 2026, 19 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Prime Mover, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer codexonics since Jun 2019.

Was Prime Mover removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Prime Mover safe?

6 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.2.2). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Prime Mover update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.2.2. No one-star spike after it.

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