User Registration & Membership
Healthy: maintained, last release 17 Oct 2026, 53 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 60 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 85 |
Quick answers
- Is User Registration & Membership still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 17 Oct 2026, 53 releases in the last 24 months. 17 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns User Registration & Membership, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer wpeverest since Jul 2017. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was User Registration & Membership removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is User Registration & Membership safe?
- 69 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 5.3.1). Not on the exploited list. 30 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest User Registration & Membership update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 5.3.1. No one-star spike after it. 17 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.
| wpeverest | 6 Jul 2017 to 26 Oct 2026, 157 commits |
|---|---|
| wpeverestdev | 16 Jul 2020 to 24 Jun 2024, 72 commits |
2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2017.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 18 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 53
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 3 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 5 |
| Q3 2024 | 7 |
| Q4 2024 | 5 |
| Q1 2025 | 9 |
| Q2 2025 | 7 |
| Q3 2025 | 4 |
| Q4 2025 | 6 |
| Q1 2026 | 12 |
| Q2 2026 | 6 |
| Q3 2026 | 4 |
| Q4 2026 | 2 |
Last release 17 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Reputation
Last 90 days: 4.6 (5 reviews). Lifetime: 4.8.
| Q4 2025 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 4.9 |
| Q2 2026 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2026 | 4.8 |
| Q4 2026 | 4.0 |
Average rating fell from 5.0 to 4.0 between Q4 2025 and Q4 2026.
| 5 star | 759 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 25 |
| 3 star | 12 |
| 2 star | 4 |
| 1 star | 32 |
Security record
57 vulnerabilities in 24 months (69 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 5.3.1).
Show 69 patched vulnerabilities
Changelog mentions of security fixes: 5.2.0 (security, vulnerability); 5.2.3 (authorization); 5.2.5 (security, nonce); 5.2.8 (nonce); 5.3.0 (security).
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
67% of 3 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.
Momentum
50,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 2,457 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 4,101 |
| 18 May 2026 | 25,962 |
| 25 May 2026 | 23,764 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 5,863 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 4,209 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 20,171 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 43,270 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 6,826 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 25,043 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 5,637 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 22,025 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 6,622 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 6,755 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 26,502 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 6,403 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 4,512 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 3,745 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 21,498 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 10,449 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 5,680 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 4,174 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 3,699 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 41,468 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 10,225 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 10,431 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 893 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 21% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 5.3.1 |
|---|---|
| Author | wpeverest |
| Added | 6 Jul 2017 |
| Last updated | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 50,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | User Management & Authentication > User Registration & Login |
| Tags | membership, subscription, user profile, User Registration, content restriction |
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Questions
Is User Registration & Membership still maintained?
Yes. Last release 17 Oct 2026, 53 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns User Registration & Membership, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer wpeverest since Jul 2017.
Was User Registration & Membership removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.
Is User Registration & Membership safe?
69 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 5.3.1). Not on the exploited list.
Is the latest User Registration & Membership update safe to install?
No ownership change before 5.3.1. No one-star spike after it.