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WP Migrate Lite

WP Migrate Lite - Migration Made Easy
by WP Engine · 200,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 12 Oct 2026, 11 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

89/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for WP Migrate Lite
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security90
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is WP Migrate Lite still maintained?
Yes. Last release 12 Oct 2026, 11 releases in the last 24 months. 12 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns WP Migrate Lite, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer deliciousbrains since Dec 2015. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was WP Migrate Lite removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is WP Migrate Lite safe?
2 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.7.9). Not on the exploited list. 10 Jun 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest WP Migrate Lite update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.7.12. No one-star spike after it. 12 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.

Committers and their active periods
deliciousbrains5 Dec 2015 to 12 Oct 2026, 141 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2009.

Maintenance

Last release
23 days ago
Releases, 24 months
11
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for WP Migrate Lite
Q1 20241
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20252
Q2 20251
Q3 20251
Q4 20252
Q1 20260
Q2 20263
Q3 20261
Q4 20261

Last release 12 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: 3.0 (2 reviews). Lifetime: 4.2.

Average rating per quarter for WP Migrate Lite
Q4 20231.0
Q1 20243.1
Q2 20243.7
Q3 20242.5
Q4 20241.0
Q1 20253.6
Q3 20255.0
Q1 20262.5
Q2 20264.0
Q3 20262.0

Average rating rose from 1.0 to 2.0 between Q4 2023 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star249
4 star4
3 star4
2 star9
1 star52
Latest low reviews

Security record

2 vulnerabilities in 24 months, all patched (latest fixed in 2.7.9).

Show 2 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
10 Jun 2026WP Migrate Lite - Migration Made Easy <= 2.7.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 2.7.82.7.9Patched before disclosure
17 Nov 2025WP Migrate Lite <= 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery5.8<= 2.7.62.7.7Patched before disclosure

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

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

Momentum

200,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for WP Migrate Lite
4 May 20262,792
11 May 20265,653
18 May 20265,938
25 May 202657,186
1 Jun 202669,190
8 Jun 202618,766
15 Jun 202621,117
22 Jun 202613,525
29 Jun 202664,056
6 Jul 202624,619
13 Jul 202612,900
20 Jul 202614,607
27 Jul 202611,340
3 Aug 202668,143
10 Aug 202617,686
17 Aug 202613,118
24 Aug 202612,664
31 Aug 202611,496
7 Sep 20268,990
14 Sep 20268,528
21 Sep 20268,735
28 Sep 20268,147
5 Oct 20268,250
12 Oct 202660,643
19 Oct 202624,209
26 Oct 202623,331
2 Nov 20262,717

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

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

DuplicatorScore 93 · 1,000,000+Migrate GuruScore 93 · 200,000+SiteGround MigratorScore 91 · 80,000+DreamHost Automated MigrationScore 91 · 20,000+Cloudways WordPress MigratorScore 91 · 10,000+

Facts

Version2.7.12
AuthorWP Engine
Added13 Dec 2009
Last updated12 Oct 2026
Active installs200,000+
Requires WordPress5.2
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Migration & Cloning
Tagsclone, migrate, push pull, export site, import site

Other plugins by this author: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®), Better Search Replace, PHP Compatibility Checker, Database Backup for WordPress, WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage, WP Offload SES Lite, Amazon Web Services, SQL Buddy - Database Management Made Easy, Faust.js, WP Engine GeoTarget, Gutenberg Blocks - ACF Blocks Suite, Image Processing Queue

Questions

Is WP Migrate Lite still maintained?

Yes. Last release 12 Oct 2026, 11 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns WP Migrate Lite, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer deliciousbrains since Dec 2015.

Was WP Migrate Lite removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is WP Migrate Lite safe?

2 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 2.7.9). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest WP Migrate Lite update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.7.12. No one-star spike after it.

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