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View Transitions

by WordPress Performance Team · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

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

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for View Transitions
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
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
plugin-master14 May 2025 to 14 May 2025, 1 commits
flixos902 Jun 2025 to 2 Jun 2025, 1 commits
performanceteam4 Jun 2025 to 26 Aug 2026, 8 commits

3 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
7
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for View Transitions
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20252
Q3 20252
Q4 20250
Q1 20262
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 26 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for View Transitions
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20255.0
Q4 20255.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2025 and Q4 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star22
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for View Transitions
4 May 2026279
11 May 2026566
18 May 2026657
25 May 2026659
1 Jun 2026644
8 Jun 2026665
15 Jun 2026715
22 Jun 2026609
29 Jun 20267,544
6 Jul 20262,674
13 Jul 20261,486
20 Jul 20261,561
27 Jul 20261,166
3 Aug 20261,204
10 Aug 2026979
17 Aug 20261,058
24 Aug 20261,204
31 Aug 20261,147
7 Sep 20261,084
14 Sep 20261,385
21 Sep 2026973
28 Sep 20261,327
5 Oct 20261,006
12 Oct 2026984
19 Oct 20261,108
26 Oct 20261,059
2 Nov 2026147

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 34% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.2.1
AuthorWordPress Performance Team
Added2 Jun 2025
Last updated26 Aug 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress6.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsanimations, performance, view transitions, smooth transitions

Other plugins by this author: Modern Image Formats, Performance Lab, Speculative Loading, Image Placeholders, Optimization Detective, Embed Optimizer, Enhanced Responsive Images, Image Prioritizer, Web Worker Offloading

Questions

Is View Transitions still maintained?

View Transitions was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is View Transitions safe?

View Transitions has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns View Transitions?

The wordpress.org author is WordPress Performance Team. Recent committers: performanceteam, flixos90, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of View Transitions?

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

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