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Starter Sites & Templates by Neve

by Themeisle · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 22 Oct 2026, 27 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

100/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Starter Sites & Templates by Neve
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Starter Sites & Templates by Neve still maintained?
Yes. Last release 22 Oct 2026, 27 releases in the last 24 months. 22 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Starter Sites & Templates by Neve, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer themeisle since Jul 2020. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Starter Sites & Templates by Neve removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Starter Sites & Templates by Neve safe?
2 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 1.2.7). Not on the exploited list. 1 Feb 2024 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Starter Sites & Templates by Neve update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.4.7. No one-star spike after it. 22 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-master27 Jul 2020 to 27 Jul 2020, 1 commits
themeisle29 Jul 2020 to 22 Oct 2026, 101 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2020.

Maintenance

Last release
13 days ago
Releases, 24 months
27
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Starter Sites & Templates by Neve
Q1 20242
Q2 20242
Q3 20242
Q4 20246
Q1 20252
Q2 20254
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20262
Q2 20265
Q3 20266
Q4 20261

Last release 22 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.7.

Average rating per quarter for Starter Sites & Templates by Neve
Q4 20235.0
Q1 20245.0
Q2 20241.0
Q3 20244.0
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20255.0
Q4 20255.0
Q1 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q1 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star68
4 star3
3 star2
2 star1
1 star3
Latest low reviews

Security record

2 vulnerabilities on record, all patched (latest fixed in 1.2.7).

Show 2 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
1 Feb 2024ThemeIsle SDK <= Various Versions - Missing Authorization5.3<= 1.2.61.2.723
7 Nov 2023Cloud Templates & Patterns collection <= 1.2.2 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File5.3<= 1.2.21.2.3Patched before disclosure

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

Support

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

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Starter Sites & Templates by Neve
4 May 202610,007
11 May 20267,052
18 May 202652,827
25 May 20267,453
1 Jun 20265,252
8 Jun 20264,446
15 Jun 202640,192
22 Jun 202643,958
29 Jun 20266,827
6 Jul 202648,109
13 Jul 202617,410
20 Jul 202642,627
27 Jul 20266,947
3 Aug 202651,181
10 Aug 202648,035
17 Aug 20269,477
24 Aug 20265,424
31 Aug 20264,581
7 Sep 20263,766
14 Sep 20263,581
21 Sep 202642,769
28 Sep 202640,729
5 Oct 202615,128
12 Oct 20264,428
19 Oct 202640,322
26 Oct 202615,353
2 Nov 2026851

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 29% below the 27-week average.

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.4.7
AuthorThemeisle
Added29 Jul 2020
Last updated22 Oct 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress5.5
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6
CategoryDesign & Themes > Themes & Templates
Tagsneve, gutenberg, templates, starter sites, block patterns

Other plugins by this author: LightStart - Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder, Otter Blocks - Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE, Redirection for Contact Form 7, Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More, Menu Icons by Themeisle - Add Icons to Navigation Menus, Robin Image Optimizer - Unlimited Image Optimization, WebP & AVIF, Disable Admin Notices - Hide Dashboard Notifications, Titan Anti-spam & Security - Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter, Woody Code Snippets - Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts, RSS Aggregator by Feedzy - Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator, Cyrlitera - Transliteration of Links and File Names, Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks

Questions

Is Starter Sites & Templates by Neve still maintained?

Yes. Last release 22 Oct 2026, 27 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Starter Sites & Templates by Neve, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer themeisle since Jul 2020.

Was Starter Sites & Templates by Neve removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Starter Sites & Templates by Neve safe?

2 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 1.2.7). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Starter Sites & Templates by Neve update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.4.7. 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 4 Nov 2026.Report a data issue