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External Store for Shopify

by Fahad Mahmood · 2,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: External Store for Shopify is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

87/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for External Store for Shopify
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security85
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
fahadmahmood16 Apr 2018 to 29 Oct 2026, 58 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
6 days ago
Releases, 24 months
28
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for External Store for Shopify
Q1 20242
Q2 20242
Q3 20240
Q4 202418
Q1 20252
Q2 20250
Q3 20256
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20261

Last release 29 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

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

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
24 Jul 2025WP Shopify <= 1.5.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 1.5.31.5.40
5 Jun 2025WP Shopify <= 1.5.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion8.8<= 1.5.91.6.0262

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 3.4 from 5 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star3
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star2

Momentum

2,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for External Store for Shopify
4 May 202658
11 May 202692
18 May 202676
25 May 2026122
1 Jun 202679
8 Jun 202691
15 Jun 202664
22 Jun 202662
29 Jun 202679
6 Jul 202692
13 Jul 202676
20 Jul 202669
27 Jul 202697
3 Aug 2026108
10 Aug 202686
17 Aug 2026100
24 Aug 202685
31 Aug 202675
7 Sep 2026110
14 Sep 2026110
21 Sep 2026105
28 Sep 2026104
5 Oct 2026107
12 Oct 2026101
19 Oct 2026167
26 Oct 20261,668
2 Nov 202695

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 236% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.7.0
AuthorFahad Mahmood
Added16 Apr 2018
Last updated29 Oct 2026
Active installs2,000+
Requires WordPress5.8
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagsembed, catalog, shopify, products, ecommerce

Other plugins by this author: WP Datepicker, WP Sort Order, WP Header Images, RSS Feed Widget, Injection Guard, WP Docs, Stock Locations for WooCommerce, Products Coming Soon for WooCommerce, Easy Upload Files During Checkout, Export Customers Data, Ultimate Order Combination, Alphabetic Pagination

Questions

Is External Store for Shopify still maintained?

External Store for Shopify was last updated on 29 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is External Store for Shopify safe?

External Store for Shopify has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 2 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns External Store for Shopify?

The wordpress.org author is Fahad Mahmood. Recent committers: fahadmahmood, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of External Store for Shopify?

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

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