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WP Designer

WP Designer - Professional WordPress Design & Customization Tool
by Shivanand Sharma · 60+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Limited data2 Warnings

Limited data: WP Designer has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.

71/ 100 Canary Score

Based on 3 of 5 areas

Sub-scores for WP Designer
Ownership100
Maintenance20
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is WP Designer still maintained?
No. Last release 23 Jul 2025, over 1 year ago. 23 Jul 2025 · wordpress.org
Who owns WP Designer, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer varun21 since Apr 2015. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was WP Designer removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is WP Designer safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest WP Designer update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.3. No one-star spike after it. 23 Jul 2025 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, 3 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence
  • WarningMNT-1No release in 15 months (last release 23 Jul 2025). Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.23 Jul 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
varun2113 Apr 2015 to 23 Jul 2025, 35 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
16 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
6.8 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
8.1 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for WP Designer
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 23 Jul 2025. Tested up to 6.8, 3 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Last 90 days vs lifetime average rating for WP Designer
Last 90 daysNo reviews
Lifetime5.0
Rating distribution
5 star2
4 star0
3 star0
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

60+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Momentum history builds with each snapshot.

Facts

Version2.3
AuthorShivanand Sharma
Added13 Apr 2015
Last updated23 Jul 2025
Active installs60+
Requires WordPress5.3
Tested up to6.8.12
Requires PHP8.1
Categorynot stated
Tagsdesign, designer, wp designer, css designer, scss designer

Other plugins by this author: Genesis Footer Builder, WP Live Social-Proof, Landing Page Settings for Genesis, AISee SEO, Easy Restaurant Menus

Questions

Is WP Designer still maintained?

No. Last release 23 Jul 2025, over 1 year ago.

Who owns WP Designer, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer varun21 since Apr 2015.

Was WP Designer removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is WP Designer safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest WP Designer update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.3. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 4 Nov 2026.Report a data issue