Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal
Active installs40,000+ rounded
Current authorCleanTalk Inc
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 days ago 31 Aug 2026
Support45 / 49 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record307
Rating4.8 /5 · 390
Added to directory24 Aug 2016
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by CleanTalk Inc throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| shagimuratov | 58 | 24 Aug 2016 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Safronik | 123 | 15 Nov 2016 | 02 Jun 2022 |
| glomberg | 53 | 24 Oct 2019 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| sartemd174 | 4 | 07 Feb 2020 | 30 Jun 2020 |
| alexandergull | 25 | 27 Jul 2022 | 06 Jul 2026 |
| artemacleantalk | 20 | 21 Sep 2022 | 26 Oct 2023 |
| sergefcleantalk | 4 | 08 Nov 2023 | 15 Dec 2025 |
| antonv1 | 17 | 19 Aug 2024 | 03 Aug 2026 |
| cleantalk | 1 | 01 Dec 2025 | 01 Dec 2025 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 40,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
3,961 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 623% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 22,210/day07 Sep 2026
4 ratings left in the last 37 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5. Too few to compare against the lifetime average.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 1,782 | 0 | 432 | 545 | 264 | 605 | 22,210 | 2,025 | 1,026 | 910 | 456 | 498 |
| Ratings total | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 |
| Version | 2.186 | 2.186 | 2.186 | 2.186 | 2.186 | 2.186 | 2.186 | 2.187 | 2.187 | 2.187 | 2.187 | 2.187 | 2.187 | 2.187 |
| Support threads | 44 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
| Threads resolved | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 45 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (40,000+)
37 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory10 years ago 24 Aug 2016
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 31 Aug 2026, 7 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 45 of 49 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 2 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 31 Aug 20267 days agoVersion 2.187 released
- 17 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 2.186 released
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 2.185 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 20 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.184 released
- 06 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.183 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandergull.
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 2.182 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 2.182.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by glomberg.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 2.181 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandergull.
- 05 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 2.180 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 20 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.179 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 01 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.178 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 27 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 2.177 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 31 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.176 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandergull.
- 25 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.175 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 02 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 2.174 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandergull.
- 18 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 2.173 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 24 Aug 201610 years ago291 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 24 Aug 2016 and 03 Feb 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 24 Aug 201610 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by CleanTalk Inc for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 days ago (31 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 40,000+ active installs.
- It carries 390 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 45 of 49 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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