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Ultimate Cursor

Ultimate Cursor - Interactive and Animated Custom Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit
by WPXERO · 3,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 25 Oct 2026, 53 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

100/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Ultimate Cursor
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Ultimate Cursor still maintained?
Yes. Last release 25 Oct 2026, 53 releases in the last 24 months. 25 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Ultimate Cursor, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer wpxero since Dec 2023. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Ultimate Cursor removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Ultimate Cursor safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Ultimate Cursor update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.5.1. No one-star spike after it. 25 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-master10 Aug 2022 to 10 Aug 2022, 1 commits
addonium12 Aug 2022 to 12 Dec 2023, 14 commits
wpxero12 Dec 2023 to 25 Oct 2026, 95 commits
talib459913 Jan 2024 to 13 Jan 2024, 3 commits
abutalib21 Oct 2024 to 21 Oct 2024, 2 commits

5 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2022.

Maintenance

Last release
10 days ago
Releases, 24 months
53
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Ultimate Cursor
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20242
Q1 20255
Q2 202510
Q3 20258
Q4 20259
Q1 20266
Q2 20266
Q3 20266
Q4 20262

Last release 25 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.5.

Rating distribution
5 star3
4 star0
3 star1
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

3,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Ultimate Cursor
4 May 2026116
11 May 20261,292
18 May 2026645
25 May 2026381
1 Jun 20261,483
8 Jun 2026411
15 Jun 2026338
22 Jun 2026797
29 Jun 2026986
6 Jul 2026453
13 Jul 20261,430
20 Jul 20261,469
27 Jul 20261,386
3 Aug 2026678
10 Aug 2026324
17 Aug 20262,037
24 Aug 2026679
31 Aug 20261,365
7 Sep 2026520
14 Sep 2026460
21 Sep 2026323
28 Sep 2026421
5 Oct 20261,553
12 Oct 2026390
19 Oct 2026648
26 Oct 20261,480
2 Nov 202668

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 21% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.5.1
AuthorWPXERO
Added12 Aug 2022
Last updated25 Oct 2026
Active installs3,000+
Requires WordPress6.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryDesign & Themes > Page Builders & Visual Editors
Tagscursor, mouse cursor, custom cursor, animated cursor, background effects

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Questions

Is Ultimate Cursor still maintained?

Yes. Last release 25 Oct 2026, 53 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Ultimate Cursor, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer wpxero since Dec 2023.

Was Ultimate Cursor removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Ultimate Cursor safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Ultimate Cursor update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.5.1. No one-star spike after it.

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