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StoryChief

by storychief · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: StoryChief is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

89/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for StoryChief
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security90
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
storychief30 Jan 2017 to 3 Sep 2026, 103 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
6
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.2 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for StoryChief
Q1 20241
Q2 20243
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20253
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20262
Q4 20260

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

Support

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

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
15 Aug 2025StoryChief <= 1.0.42 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload9.8<= 1.0.421.0.430
2 Aug 2021StoryChief <= 1.0.30 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 1.0.301.0.310
2 Aug 2021StoryChief <= 1.0.30 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 1.0.301.0.310

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.7 from 14 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star12
4 star1
3 star0
2 star1
1 star0

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for StoryChief
4 May 202635
11 May 202656
18 May 2026726
25 May 2026197
1 Jun 2026127
8 Jun 2026112
15 Jun 202673
22 Jun 202675
29 Jun 202664
6 Jul 202683
13 Jul 202694
20 Jul 202686
27 Jul 2026103
3 Aug 202695
10 Aug 202667
17 Aug 202693
24 Aug 2026128
31 Aug 20261,203
7 Sep 2026247
14 Sep 2026255
21 Sep 2026182
28 Sep 2026185
5 Oct 2026199
12 Oct 2026166
19 Oct 2026265
26 Oct 2026233
2 Nov 202642

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 8% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.0.48
Authorstorychief
Added27 Jan 2017
Last updated3 Sep 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress6.2
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.2
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagsanalytics, Content calendar, content marketing, social media scheduling

Other plugins by this author: StoryChief ACF, StoryChief WPML, StoryChief Polylang

Questions

Is StoryChief still maintained?

StoryChief was last updated on 3 Sep 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is StoryChief safe?

StoryChief has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns StoryChief?

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

What can I use instead of StoryChief?

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

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews, Wordfence Intelligence.Plugin data refreshed 3 Nov 2026.Report a data issue