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Scripts To Footer

by Joshua David Nelson · 7,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 2 Nov 2026, 2 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Scripts To Footer
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Scripts To Footer still maintained?
Yes. Last release 2 Nov 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months. 2 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Scripts To Footer, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer joshuadnelson since Jan 2013. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Scripts To Footer removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Scripts To Footer safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Scripts To Footer update safe to install?
No ownership change before 0.7.4. No one-star spike after it. 2 Nov 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
joshuadnelson27 Jan 2013 to 2 Nov 2026, 63 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2013.

Maintenance

Last release
2 days ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Scripts To Footer
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20261

Last release 2 Nov 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.7.

Rating distribution
5 star34
4 star0
3 star1
2 star0
1 star2

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

7,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Scripts To Footer
4 May 202668
11 May 2026128
18 May 2026108
25 May 2026125
1 Jun 202694
8 Jun 202681
15 Jun 202690
22 Jun 202692
29 Jun 202694
6 Jul 202676
13 Jul 202695
20 Jul 2026118
27 Jul 2026124
3 Aug 2026177
10 Aug 2026120
17 Aug 2026128
24 Aug 2026110
31 Aug 2026109
7 Sep 2026121
14 Sep 2026170
21 Sep 2026155
28 Sep 2026151
5 Oct 2026154
12 Oct 2026127
19 Oct 2026305
26 Oct 2026222
2 Nov 20261,693

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 215% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version0.7.4
AuthorJoshua David Nelson
Added27 Jan 2013
Last updated2 Nov 2026
Active installs7,000+
Requires WordPress5.3
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagshead, speed, footer, javascript, performance

Other plugins by this author: Disable Blog, Archive Content with Archived Post Status

Questions

Is Scripts To Footer still maintained?

Yes. Last release 2 Nov 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Scripts To Footer, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer joshuadnelson since Jan 2013.

Was Scripts To Footer removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Scripts To Footer safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Scripts To Footer update safe to install?

No ownership change before 0.7.4. No one-star spike after it.

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