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WP Site Verification tool

by Paul Bearne · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: WP Site Verification tool is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

87/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for WP Site Verification tool
Ownership100
Maintenance85
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
pbearne13 Sep 2013 to 21 May 2026, 40 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
6 months ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for WP Site Verification tool
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 21 May 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

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

Lifetime rating 3.7 from 6 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star4
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star2

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for WP Site Verification tool
4 May 202627
11 May 202627
18 May 2026510
25 May 2026121
1 Jun 202671
8 Jun 202668
15 Jun 202647
22 Jun 202643
29 Jun 202651
6 Jul 202662
13 Jul 202642
20 Jul 202653
27 Jul 202656
3 Aug 202679
10 Aug 202655
17 Aug 202686
24 Aug 202655
31 Aug 202654
7 Sep 202655
14 Sep 202669
21 Sep 202667
28 Sep 202648
5 Oct 202655
12 Oct 202673
19 Oct 2026100
26 Oct 202690
2 Nov 202630

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 6% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

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Facts

Version1.0.10
AuthorPaul Bearne
Added13 Sep 2013
Last updated21 May 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress3.6
Tested up to7.0.0
Requires PHPnot stated
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Migration & Cloning
Tagsvip, tool, webmaster, certification, site verification

Other plugins by this author: Author Avatars List/Block, Matador Jobs Lite, Fluid, WP Vote Lite, WP Password Protect Publication

Questions

Is WP Site Verification tool still maintained?

WP Site Verification tool was last updated on 21 May 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is WP Site Verification tool safe?

WP Site Verification tool has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns WP Site Verification tool?

The wordpress.org author is Paul Bearne. Recent committers: pbearne, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of WP Site Verification tool?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: ThinkRank SEO - AI SEO Plugin for SEO & Google Search Console, Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google, XML Sitemap Generator for Google, The SEO Framework - Fast, Automated, Effortless., CrawlWP SEO - Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance.

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