Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
Active installs4,000,000+ rounded
Current authorRank Math SEO
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 06 Oct 2026
Support35 / 42 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record77
Rating4.8 /5 · 7,520
Added to directory19 Nov 2018
Requires WP6.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Rank Math SEO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rankmath | 70 | 11 Nov 2023 | 28 Jul 2026 |
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: 4,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
28,275 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 25% 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 1,214,294/day31 Oct 2026
34 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.7 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8 (3 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 12 Jun 2026 and 01 Sep 2026: 61 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Across the 61 reviews posted between June 12 and September 1, 2026, reviewers most often praise Rank Math's interface, with 10 of 61 reviews describing it as easy to use or intuitive. 6 of 61 reviews credit specific features like schema markup, the built-in redirect manager, or Search Console integration inside the dashboard. 4 of 61 reviews say they moved to Rank Math from another SEO plugin, most often Yoast, and another 4 of 61 report a positive experience with the support team. On the critical side, 4 of 61 reviews describe conflicts with a specific theme or page builder, naming Avada, Impreza, Elementor, and GeneratePress.
- 10 of 61 describe the interface as easy to use or intuitive. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- 6 of 61 credit specific features like schema markup, the built-in redirect manager, or Search Console integration. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 4 of 61 say they switched to Rank Math from another SEO plugin, most often Yoast. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 4 of 61 report a conflict with a specific theme or page builder, including Avada, Impreza, Elementor, and GeneratePress. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 4 of 61 describe a positive experience with Rank Math's support team. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Counted from the public review forum on 07 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 | — | 22,729 | 42,267 | 40,737 | 44,125 | 50,598 | 33,551 | 27,067 | 23,736 | 31,800 | 34,533 | 46,649 | 0 | 34,141 |
| Ratings total | 7,514 | 7,514 | 7,514 | 7,515 | 7,517 | 7,517 | 7,517 | 7,517 | 7,518 | 7,519 | 7,519 | 7,520 | 7,520 | 7,520 |
| Support threads | 45 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
| Threads resolved | 39 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 35 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (4,000,000+) · version (1.0.280)
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 directory7.5 years ago 19 Nov 2018
Requires WP6.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 06 Oct 2026, 33 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 35 of 42 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin; the most recent update to any of them was 21 Nov 2025.
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.
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 1.0.280 released
- 22 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.279 released
- 08 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.278 released
- 31 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.277.2 released
- 27 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.277.1 released
- 26 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.277 released
- 11 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 1.0.276 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.
- 28 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 1.0.275 released
- 15 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 1.0.274.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 14 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 1.0.274 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 30 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 1.0.273 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 10 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 1.0.272 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 28 May 20265 months agoVersion 1.0.271 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 28 May 20265 months agoVersion 1.0.271.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 14 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.0.270 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 30 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 1.0.269 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 15 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.0.268 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 01 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.0.267 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 19 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.0.266.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 18 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.0.266 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rankmath.
- 11 Nov 20232.5 years ago57 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 11 Nov 2023 and 04 Mar 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 19 Nov 20187.5 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.
- 15 Jun 2026 · Subscriber Broken Access Control in Rank Math SEO (CVE-2026-34892)GitHub Advisory Database
- 28 May 2026 · Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Homepage Settings Modification in Rank Math SEO (CVE-2025-12714)Patchstack
- 30 May 2023 · group.one extends WordPress ecosystem with SEO optimisation plugin Rank Mathgroup.one
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 Rank Math SEO for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (06 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 4,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 7,520 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 35 of 42 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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