Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authormigrateguru
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 28 Aug 2026
Support7 / 7 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record30
Rating4.9 /5 · 1,645
Added to directory08 Aug 2017
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by migrateguru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ritesh.soni36 | 27 | 05 Jul 2019 | 20 Apr 2026 |
| akshatc | 1 | 18 Jun 2020 | 18 Jun 2020 |
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.
Very widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,521 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 4,398/day31 Oct 2026
15 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.7 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 01 Jul 2026 and 09 Sep 2026: 14 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Among the 14 reviews posted for Migrate Guru in the past three months, reviewers most often single out simplicity, with 4 of 14 calling the process easy, straightforward, or effortless. Another 4 of 14 describe migrating large sites or multiple websites without errors, citing outcomes like avoided timeouts and clean database transfers. Speed comes up in 3 of 14 reviews, and 3 of 14 compare Migrate Guru favorably to other migration plugins they have tried, some of which they found frustrating by comparison. One reviewer reports repeated invalid validation key errors during setup.
- 4 of 14 describe the migration process as easy, straightforward, or effortless. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 4 of 14 report migrating large sites or multiple websites without errors. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 3 of 14 highlight the plugin's speed or efficiency. [1] [2] [3]
- 3 of 14 compare it favorably to other migration plugins they have tried. [1] [2] [3]
- 1 of 14 report errors with the validation key during setup. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 15 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
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 | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 683 | 1,388 | 1,328 | 1,336 | 2,313 | 2,203 | 1,330 | 880 | 1,828 | 1,554 | 1,625 | 1,810 | 1,618 |
| Ratings total | 1,643 | 1,643 | 1,643 | 1,643 | 1,643 | 1,643 | 1,643 | 1,644 | 1,644 | 1,645 | 1,645 | 1,645 | 1,645 | 1,645 |
| Support threads | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Threads resolved | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+) · version (6.72)
91 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 directory9 years ago 08 Aug 2017
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 28 Aug 2026, 72 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 7 of 7 support threads answered in the last two months.
- migrateguru publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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.
- 28 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 6.72 released
- 14 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 6.65 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily 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 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 6.28 released
- 01 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.88 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 13 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 5.65 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 02 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 5.56 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 27 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 5.48 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 06 Nov 20233 years agoVersion 5.25 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 29 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 5.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 03 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 5.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 11 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 5.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 22 May 20233.5 years agoVersion 5.05 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 27 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 4.95 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 16 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 4.85 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 16 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 4.86 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ritesh.soni36.
- 05 Jul 20197 years ago15 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 05 Jul 2019 and 29 Oct 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 08 Aug 20179 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 02 Sep 2026 · Migrate Guru < 6.72 - Unauthenticated DoSWPScan
- 14 Aug 2017 · Introducing Migrate Guru: Our Very Own WordPress Migration Plugin!BlogVault
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 migrateguru for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (28 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,645 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 7 of 7 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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