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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin

instagram-feed · by smub · wordpress.org ↗ · SVN ↗
Acquired by Awesome Motive on 2021-06-01. Previously owned by Smash Balloon. New committers from that team's naming convention are expected and will not fire takeover events. source ↗
Active installs
1M+
Current version
6.10.1
Added
2014-07-23
Last updated
2026-03-12 (1mo ago)
First seen by beacon
10d ago
Total downloads
50,298,796

Historical audits (1)

Past investigations, all resolved. No current threat.
  • Benign Audit #6 baseline 6.9.1 → head 6.10.0 10d ago

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Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · no_longer_matches 2026-04-23 18:58:02 (8d ago)
Committerahmedgeek
Member since2010-04-21
Plugins joined5
Spread days365
Earliest join2024-04-23 16:03:28
Latest join2025-04-23 18:46:40
Combined installs1,500,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
instagram-feed1,000,0002024-06-12 11:35:17
custom-facebook-feed200,0002025-04-23 18:46:40
custom-twitter-feeds100,0002024-10-03 14:09:24
feeds-for-youtube100,0002024-04-23 16:03:28
reviews-feed100,0002024-04-25 15:14:13
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High bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · audit:benign 2026-04-22 02:19:41 (10d ago)
Committeralexopen
Member since2024-08-02
Plugins joined5
Spread days33
Earliest join2026-02-26 16:40:44
Latest join2026-04-01 15:25:09
Combined installs1,370,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
instagram-feed1,000,0002026-02-26 17:15:19
custom-twitter-feeds100,0002026-02-26 16:40:44
feeds-for-youtube100,0002026-02-26 17:03:40
reviews-feed100,0002026-02-26 17:20:07
feeds-for-tiktok70,0002026-04-01 15:25:09
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Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · deduped 2026-04-21 23:49:28 (10d ago)
Committerahmedgeek
Member since2010-04-21
Plugins joined5
Spread days365
Earliest join2024-04-23 16:03:28
Latest join2025-04-23 18:46:40
Combined installs1,500,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
instagram-feed1,000,0002024-06-12 11:35:17
custom-facebook-feed200,0002025-04-23 18:46:40
custom-twitter-feeds100,0002024-10-03 14:09:24
feeds-for-youtube100,0002024-04-23 16:03:28
reviews-feed100,0002024-04-25 15:14:13
View raw JSON
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Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · superseded 2026-04-21 22:51:31 (10d ago)
Committerahmedgeek
Member since2010-04-21
Plugins joined5
Spread days365
Earliest join2024-04-23 16:03:28
Latest join2025-04-23 18:46:40
Combined installs1,500,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
instagram-feed1,000,0002024-06-12 11:35:17
custom-facebook-feed200,0002025-04-23 18:46:40
custom-twitter-feeds100,0002024-10-03 14:09:24
feeds-for-youtube100,0002024-04-23 16:03:28
reviews-feed100,0002024-04-25 15:14:13
View raw JSON
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}
Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · superseded 2026-04-21 21:43:44 (10d ago)
Committerahmedgeek
Member since2010-04-21
Plugins joined5
Spread days365
Earliest join2024-04-23 16:03:28
Latest join2025-04-23 18:46:40
Combined installs1,500,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
instagram-feed1,000,0002024-06-12 11:35:17
custom-facebook-feed200,0002025-04-23 18:46:40
custom-twitter-feeds100,0002024-10-03 14:09:24
feeds-for-youtube100,0002024-04-23 16:03:28
reviews-feed100,0002024-04-25 15:14:13
View raw JSON
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        }
    ]
}
Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · superseded 2026-04-21 21:43:30 (10d ago)
Committerahmedgeek
Member since2010-04-21
Plugins joined5
Spread days365
Earliest join2024-04-23 16:03:28
Latest join2025-04-23 18:46:40
Combined installs1,500,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
instagram-feed1,000,0002024-06-12 11:35:17
custom-facebook-feed200,0002025-04-23 18:46:40
custom-twitter-feeds100,0002024-10-03 14:09:24
feeds-for-youtube100,0002024-04-23 16:03:28
reviews-feed100,0002024-04-25 15:14:13
View raw JSON
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            "first_commit_at": "2024-04-25 15:14:13"
        }
    ]
}

SVN committers (6)

Accounts with actual commit access to instagram-feed 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
smashballoon 2013-06-05 109 2014-07-23 · r953561 2022-03-28 · r2700807
Craig at Smash Balloon 2015-12-04 60 2020-03-26 · r2268614 2024-11-14 · r3189017
Ahmed Hussein 2010-04-21 24 2024-06-12 · r3101737 2026-03-12 · r3481379
Asmita Subedi 2018-05-28 6 2025-03-12 · r3254891 2025-12-11 · r3417139
Alex at Smash Balloon 2024-08-02 1 2026-02-26 · r3470564 2026-02-26 · r3470564
plugin-master 2007-03-09 1 2014-07-22 · r953099 2014-07-22 · r953099

Readme contributors (4)

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
smashballoon 2013-06-05 109 commits Active
Awesome Motive 2006-06-03 — Active
Craig at Smash Balloon 2015-12-04 — Active
Syed Balkhi 2008-06-22 — Active

Versions (100 most recent)

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6.10.1 2026-03-12 · 1mo ago zip
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