WP Crontrol
Healthy: WP Crontrol is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 95 |
| Support | 29 |
| Reputation | 70 |
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.
| johnbillion | 29 Aug 2012 to 29 Aug 2026, 94 commits |
|---|---|
| seedprod | 8 Oct 2026 to 15 Oct 2026, 4 commits |
New committer seedprod made a first commit on 8 Oct 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 20 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 12
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 1 |
| Q3 2024 | 1 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 1 |
| Q2 2025 | 2 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 |
| Q4 2025 | 2 |
| Q1 2026 | 1 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 2 |
| Q4 2026 | 2 |
Last release 15 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
29% of 7 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.
Security record
| Published | Issue | CVSS | Affected | Fixed in | Days to patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2025 | WP Crontrol - 1.17.0 - 1.19.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery | 5.9 | 1.17.0 to 1.19.1 | 1.19.2 | 0 |
| 24 Mar 2024 | WP Crontrol <= 1.16.1 - Remote Code Execution | 7.5 | <= 1.16.1 | 1.16.2 | 1 |
| 21 Aug 2015 | WP Crontrol < 1.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | 6.1 | < 1.3 | 1.3 | 46 |
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
| Q4 2023 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 4.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 5.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 5.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 3.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 3.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 5.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 3.7 |
| Q2 2026 | 5.0 |
| Q3 2026 | 5.0 |
| Q4 2026 | 1.0 |
Average rating fell from 5.0 to 1.0 between Q4 2023 and Q4 2026.
| 5 star | 141 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 2 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 23 |
- AI Bloat BEWARE · 1 star · 22 Oct 2026
- Yet another plugin to be ruined by Awesome Motive · 1 star · 18 Oct 2026
- Hmm. Nothing actually deletes · 1 star · 10 Feb 2026
Momentum
300,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 9,940 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 19,233 |
| 18 May 2026 | 19,852 |
| 25 May 2026 | 18,065 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 17,421 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 17,787 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 17,566 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 18,746 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 16,486 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 16,533 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 18,061 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 20,485 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 106,419 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 81,518 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 39,547 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 33,891 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 98,953 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 86,764 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 44,335 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 43,824 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 37,017 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 29,170 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 127,823 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 153,060 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 74,063 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 55,916 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 7,463 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 59% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 2.0.0 |
|---|---|
| Author | Syed Balkhi |
| Added | 6 Jan 2008 |
| Last updated | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 300,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | Site Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management |
| Tags | cron, debug, wp cron, crontrol, woocommerce |
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Questions
Is WP Crontrol still maintained?
WP Crontrol was last updated on 15 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is WP Crontrol safe?
WP Crontrol has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns WP Crontrol?
The wordpress.org author is Syed Balkhi. Recent committers: seedprod, johnbillion, scompt, plugin-master. New committer seedprod made a first commit on 8 Oct 2026.
What can I use instead of WP Crontrol?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: MCP Adapter, WP-SCSS, Show Pages IDs, WP Reset, Query Monitor.