Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
File Manager
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authormndpsingh287
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release9 days ago 30 Oct 2026
Support0 / 5 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record15
Rating4.6 /5 · 1,492
Added to directory09 Aug 2016
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP5.2.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by mndpsingh287 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mndpsingh287 | 11 | 09 Jan 2018 | 19 May 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: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
14,493 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 307,478/day31 Oct 2026
6 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.3 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.6 (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 11 Jun 2026 and 20 Aug 2026: 11 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Among the 11 reviews posted between June and August 2026, 3 reviewers praise WP File Manager as a way to manage site files without needing FTP or cPanel access, including one who turned to it after a host restricted FTP uploads. 2 reviewers call the plugin easy to use or straightforward to navigate. On the critical side, 2 reviewers report that folders will not open no matter how many times they click, and 1 reviewer describes the plugin freezing and failing to respond.
- 3 of 11 mention using the plugin to manage files without needing FTP or cPanel access. [1] [2] [3]
- 2 of 11 report being unable to navigate into folders. [1] [2]
- 2 of 11 describe the plugin as easy to use or simple to navigate. [1] [2]
- 1 of 11 report the plugin freezing or failing to respond. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 09 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 | — | 7,699 | 12,546 | 14,639 | 19,206 | 24,287 | 18,644 | 10,424 | 10,906 | 19,825 | 17,891 | 9,235 | 15,833 | 17,335 |
| Version | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.6 | 8.0.7 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1,492) · active installs (1,000,000+) · support threads (5) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory10 years ago 09 Aug 2016
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP5.2.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 30 Oct 2026, 9 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 0 of 5 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 8 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 08 May 2026.
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.
- 30 Oct 20269 days agoVersion 8.0.7 released
- 24 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 8.0.6 released
- 22 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 8.0.5 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.
- 21 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 8.0.4 released
- 19 May 20206.5 years agoVersion 5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 19 May 20206.5 years agoVersion 6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mndpsingh287.
- 09 Aug 201610 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.
- 05 Mar 2024 · WordPress File Manager Plugin <= 7.2.1 is vulnerable to Path TraversalPatchstack
- 02 Sep 2020 · Critical Vulnerability in File Manager Plugin Affecting 700k WordPress WebsitesSucuri Blog
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 mndpsingh287 for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 9 days ago (30 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,492 ratings, averaging 4.6 out of 5.
- 0 of 5 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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