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PublishPress Statuses

PublishPress Statuses - Custom Post Status and Workflow
by PublishPress · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 3 Sep 2026, 26 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

100/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for PublishPress Statuses
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is PublishPress Statuses still maintained?
Yes. Last release 3 Sep 2026, 26 releases in the last 24 months. 3 Sep 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns PublishPress Statuses, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer kevinB since Jan 2024. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was PublishPress Statuses removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is PublishPress Statuses safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest PublishPress Statuses update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.3.6. No one-star spike after it. 2 Sep 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-master11 Dec 2023 to 11 Dec 2023, 1 commits
kevinB4 Jan 2024 to 30 Jun 2026, 75 commits
publishpress4 Jan 2024 to 2 Sep 2026, 37 commits
stevejburge18 Jan 2024 to 3 Sep 2026, 24 commits
andergmartins4 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026, 9 commits

5 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2023.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
26
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.2.5 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for PublishPress Statuses
Q1 202412
Q2 20243
Q3 20241
Q4 20242
Q1 20251
Q2 20252
Q3 20252
Q4 20259
Q1 20264
Q2 20265
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 3 Sep 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star4
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

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

Support

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

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for PublishPress Statuses
4 May 2026178
11 May 2026343
18 May 2026419
25 May 2026247
1 Jun 2026257
8 Jun 2026846
15 Jun 2026343
22 Jun 2026288
29 Jun 2026850
6 Jul 2026394
13 Jul 2026230
20 Jul 2026262
27 Jul 2026233
3 Aug 2026261
10 Aug 2026215
17 Aug 2026318
24 Aug 2026204
31 Aug 2026881
7 Sep 2026367
14 Sep 2026344
21 Sep 2026288
28 Sep 2026417
5 Oct 2026380
12 Oct 2026274
19 Oct 2026341
26 Oct 2026367
2 Nov 202658

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

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.3.6
AuthorPublishPress
Added4 Jan 2024
Last updated3 Sep 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress5.5
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.2.5
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagsworkflow, pending review, status manager, archived status, custom statuses

Other plugins by this author: Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories, PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Control, Admin Area Permissions, PublishPress Taxonomies - Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager - Autotagger Automatically Add Terms, PublishPress Blocks - Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions, Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors, PublishPress Permissions: Access Control, Content Permissions, User Access, PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes, PublishPress Planner - Editorial Calendar, Marketing Content, Kanban Board, PublishPress Tag Groups: Stylish Displays For Your Tags and Categories, PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval Checklist - Validate Post Requirements, Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers, PublishPress Shortlinks - The Link Manager for WordPress

Questions

Is PublishPress Statuses still maintained?

Yes. Last release 3 Sep 2026, 26 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns PublishPress Statuses, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer kevinB since Jan 2024.

Was PublishPress Statuses removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is PublishPress Statuses safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest PublishPress Statuses update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.3.6. 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 3 Nov 2026.Report a data issue