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Republish Old Posts

by Marios Alexandrou · 2,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Republish Old Posts is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Republish Old Posts
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
Marios Alexandrou23 Nov 2015 to 20 Aug 2026, 64 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+

Last release 20 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current). Release history builds as we see new versions.

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
28 Dec 2023Republish Old Posts <= 1.21 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via rop_options_page4.3<= 1.211.27n/a

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.3 from 12 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star10
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star2

Momentum

2,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Republish Old Posts
4 May 202646
11 May 202693
18 May 202692
25 May 202677
1 Jun 202665
8 Jun 202696
15 Jun 202666
22 Jun 202669
29 Jun 202686
6 Jul 2026103
13 Jul 2026124
20 Jul 202692
27 Jul 202679
3 Aug 2026130
10 Aug 202686
17 Aug 2026133
24 Aug 202669
31 Aug 202673
7 Sep 202677
14 Sep 202687
21 Sep 202695
28 Sep 202694
5 Oct 202682
12 Oct 202694
19 Oct 2026115
26 Oct 2026119
2 Nov 202633

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 3% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.27
AuthorMarios Alexandrou
Added23 Nov 2015
Last updated20 Aug 2026
Active installs2,000+
Requires WordPress5.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHPnot stated
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagsrepublish, republishing, post promoter, old post promoter

Other plugins by this author: Real-Time Find and Replace, Ultimate Category Excluder, Virtual Robots.txt, RSS Includes Pages, Add Any Extension to Pages, Enhanced Plugin Admin

Questions

Is Republish Old Posts still maintained?

Republish Old Posts was last updated on 20 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Republish Old Posts safe?

Republish Old Posts has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Republish Old Posts?

The wordpress.org author is Marios Alexandrou. Recent committers: Marios Alexandrou, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Republish Old Posts?

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

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