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VK Post Author Display

by Hidekazu Ishikawa · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: VK Post Author Display is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for VK Post Author Display
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
kurudrive19 Feb 2013 to 24 Aug 2026, 192 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
9
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for VK Post Author Display
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20241
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20251
Q1 20262
Q2 20260
Q3 20263
Q4 20260

Last release 24 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

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

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating 3.5 in Q3 2024.

Rating distribution
5 star6
4 star1
3 star0
2 star1
1 star0
Latest low reviews

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for VK Post Author Display
4 May 2026130
11 May 2026239
18 May 2026259
25 May 2026227
1 Jun 2026241
8 Jun 2026208
15 Jun 2026179
22 Jun 2026189
29 Jun 2026193
6 Jul 20264,492
13 Jul 2026644
20 Jul 2026556
27 Jul 2026435
3 Aug 2026342
10 Aug 2026288
17 Aug 2026246
24 Aug 20266,084
31 Aug 2026608
7 Sep 2026354
14 Sep 2026349
21 Sep 2026355
28 Sep 2026313
5 Oct 2026326
12 Oct 2026265
19 Oct 20261,325
26 Oct 2026492
2 Nov 202660

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 25% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.28.2
AuthorHidekazu Ishikawa
Added19 Feb 2013
Last updated24 Aug 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.3
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagspost, author

Other plugins by this author: VK All in One Expansion Unit, Lightning Advanced Unit

Questions

Is VK Post Author Display still maintained?

VK Post Author Display was last updated on 24 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is VK Post Author Display safe?

VK Post Author Display has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns VK Post Author Display?

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

What can I use instead of VK Post Author Display?

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

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