Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO
Active installs300,000+ rounded
Current authorBenjamin Denis
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release10 days ago 29 Oct 2026
Support6 / 7 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record85
Rating4.8 /5 · 1,267
Added to directory22 Aug 2016
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Benjamin Denis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rainbowgeek | 82 | 21 Sep 2023 | 29 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: 300,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
19,101 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 515% 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 115,861/day31 Oct 2026
25 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8 (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 22 Jun 2026 and 07 Sep 2026: 24 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers most often single out SEOPress's support, with 6 of 24 reviews describing help that is fast, knowledgeable, or exceptional. 5 of 24 reviews credit the plugin with covering schema, sitemaps, and redirections in one place, saying it removes the need for extra plugins. 4 of 24 reviews call it fast loading or lightweight, and separately 4 of 24 reviews mention switching to SEOPress from Yoast, Rank Math, or wpSEO. 3 of 24 reviews point to the Pro version's price relative to its features as a reason to buy. 1 of 24 reviews reports that the instant indexing feature did not behave as expected.
- 6 of 24 praise the plugin's support team as fast, knowledgeable, or exceptional. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 5 of 24 describe SEOPress as covering schema, sitemaps, redirections, or other SEO tasks in one place, removing the need for extra plugins. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 4 of 24 describe the plugin as fast loading or lightweight. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 4 of 24 mention switching to or comparing SEOPress against another named SEO plugin such as Yoast, Rank Math, or wpSEO. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 3 of 24 cite the Pro version's price relative to its features as reasonable or excellent. [1] [2] [3]
- 1 of 24 report that a specific feature, instant indexing, did not work as expected. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 13 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 | — | 1,292 | 2,941 | 3,474 | 3,538 | 8,480 | 0 | 3,511 | 2,007 | 3,518 | 3,395 | 3,938 | 1,475 | 115,861 |
| Ratings total | 1,265 | 1,265 | 1,266 | 1,266 | 1,266 | 1,266 | 1,266 | 1,266 | 1,267 | 1,267 | 1,268 | 1,267 | 1,267 | 1,267 |
| Version | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| Support threads | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Threads resolved | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (300,000+)
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 22 Aug 2016
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Oct 2026, 10 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 6 of 7 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, 1 of which was 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.
- 29 Oct 202610 days agoVersion 10.4 released
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoVersion 10.3 released
- 28 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 10.2 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.
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 10.1 released
- 01 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 10.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 22 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 10.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 18 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 10.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 9.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 28 May 20265 months agoVersion 9.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 25 May 20265 months agoVersion 9.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 07 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 06 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 06 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 06 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 05 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rainbowgeek.
- 21 Sep 20233 years ago69 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 21 Sep 2023 and 04 Apr 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 22 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.
- 09 Jul 2026 · A new Site Audit, a command palette, and a fully rebuilt SEO metabox - SEOPress 9.8SEOPress
- 09 Jul 2024 · WordPress Plugin: wp-seopress: CVE-2024-5488Rapid7
- 17 Aug 2021 · WordPress SEOPress Plugin VulnerabilitySearch Engine Journal
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 Benjamin Denis for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 10 days ago (29 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 300,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,267 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 6 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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