Hero Banner Ultimate

hero-banner-ultimate · by essentialplugin · wordpress.org ↗ · SVN ↗

Acquired by EssentialPlugin (malicious campaign) on 2025-05-12. New committers from that team's naming convention are expected and will not fire takeover events. source ↗

This plugin is closed on wordpress.org. Closed 2026-04-07.

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Current version: 1.4.6
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Last updated: —
First seen by beacon: 10d ago
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Critical new_committer_young_account Resolved · audit:malicious 2026-04-25 10:31:21 (7d ago)

Slug	hero-banner-ultimate
Committer	essentialplugin
Display name	`essentialplugin`
Member since	2025-05-12
First commit at	2025-06-19 15:32:40
Account age at first commit	38
Commit count	3
Active installs	0

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    "slug": "hero-banner-ultimate",
    "committer": "essentialplugin",
    "display_name": "essentialplugin",
    "member_since": "2025-05-12",
    "first_commit_at": "2025-06-19 15:32:40",
    "account_age_at_first_commit": 38,
    "commit_count": 3,
    "active_installs": 0
}

Critical new_committer_young_account Resolved · deduped 2026-04-21 23:49:26 (10d ago)

Slug	hero-banner-ultimate
Committer	essentialplugin
Display name	`essentialplugin`
Member since	2025-05-12
First commit at	2025-06-19 15:32:40
Account age at first commit	38
Commit count	3
Active installs	0

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{
    "slug": "hero-banner-ultimate",
    "committer": "essentialplugin",
    "display_name": "essentialplugin",
    "member_since": "2025-05-12",
    "first_commit_at": "2025-06-19 15:32:40",
    "account_age_at_first_commit": 38,
    "commit_count": 3,
    "active_installs": 0
}

Critical new_committer_young_account Resolved · deduped 2026-04-21 18:24:47 (10d ago)

Slug	hero-banner-ultimate
Committer	essentialplugin
Display name	`Essential Plugin`
Member since	2025-05-12
First commit at	2025-06-19 15:32:40
Account age at first commit	38
Commit count	3
Active installs	0

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{
    "slug": "hero-banner-ultimate",
    "committer": "essentialplugin",
    "display_name": "Essential Plugin",
    "member_since": "2025-05-12",
    "first_commit_at": "2025-06-19 15:32:40",
    "account_age_at_first_commit": 38,
    "commit_count": 3,
    "active_installs": 0
}

SVN committers (4)

Accounts with actual commit access to hero-banner-ultimate on plugins.svn.wordpress.org, reconstructed from svn log. This is the list that matters for ownership changes — not the readme contributors.

Committer	Member since	Commits	First commit	Latest commit
wponlinesupport	2015-09-02	34	2017-08-09 · r1710705	2025-05-15 · r3293749
anoopranawat	2013-06-24	3	2017-12-29 · r1794015	2019-03-18 · r2052409
essentialplugin Young account	2025-05-12	3	2025-06-19 · r3314801	2026-02-20 · r3465990
plugin-master	2007-03-09	1	2017-08-08 · r1710605	2017-08-08 · r1710605

Readme contributors (1)

Names the plugin's readme declares as contributors. A soft signal — anyone can be listed. The SVN access column is the ground-truth cross-reference: does this contributor actually commit code?

Contributor	Member since	SVN access	Status
essentialplugin	2025-05-12	3 commits	Active

Versions (7 most recent)

Version	Released	Download
1.4.6	2026-02-20 · 2mo ago	—
1.4.5	2025-06-19 · 10mo ago	—
1.4.4	2025-05-15 · 11mo ago	—
1.4.3	2025-01-20 · 1y ago	—
1.4.2	2024-11-08 · 1y ago	—
1.4.1	2024-08-23 · 1y ago	—
1.0	2020-01-01 · 6y ago	—