MalCare WordPress Security Plugin – Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection

malcare-security · by malcare · wordpress.org ↗ · SVN ↗
Acquired by BlogVault (Akshat Choudhary). Previously owned by BlogVault. New committers from that team's naming convention are expected and will not fire takeover events. source ↗
Active installs
200k+
Current version
6.44
Added
2018-01-30
Last updated
2026-04-20 (12d ago)
First seen by beacon
10d ago
Total downloads
17,719,073

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Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · no_longer_matches 2026-04-29 09:13:00 (3d ago)
Committerritesh.soni36
Member since2015-05-23
Plugins joined7
Spread days147
Earliest join2019-06-06 13:31:26
Latest join2019-11-01 11:34:54
Combined installs533,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
malcare-security200,0002019-06-06 14:30:06
migrate-guru200,0002019-06-06 13:31:26
blogvault-real-time-backup80,0002019-06-06 14:00:44
wpremote30,0002019-11-01 11:34:54
bv-cloudways-automated-migration20,0002019-06-06 14:33:19
migrate-to-liquidweb2,0002019-06-06 13:58:21
bv-pantheon-migration1,0002019-06-06 14:31:37
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Medium bulk_committer_takeover Resolved · no_longer_matches 2026-04-24 00:26:43 (8d ago)
Committerritesh.soni36
Member since2015-05-23
Plugins joined5
Spread days147
Earliest join2019-06-06 13:31:26
Latest join2019-11-01 11:34:54
Combined installs530,000
Sample plugins
SlugActive installsFirst commit at
malcare-security200,0002019-06-06 14:30:06
migrate-guru200,0002019-06-06 13:31:26
blogvault-real-time-backup80,0002019-06-06 14:00:44
wpremote30,0002019-11-01 11:34:54
bv-cloudways-automated-migration20,0002019-06-06 14:33:19
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SVN committers (6)

Accounts with actual commit access to malcare-security 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
ritesh.soni36 2015-05-23 123 2019-06-06 · r2101685 2026-04-20 · r3510777
rrv4813 2016-12-01 17 2018-02-28 · r1830844 2019-02-12 · r2029120
akshatc 2013-12-21 9 2018-10-24 · r1962130 2020-09-10 · r2378689
malcare Young account 2018-01-22 5 2018-01-30 · r1811648 2018-02-11 · r1820151
plugin-master 2007-03-09 1 2018-01-23 · r1808043 2018-01-23 · r1808043
Shivam Singh 2013-12-18 1 2018-02-04 · r1815103 2018-02-04 · r1815103

Readme contributors (2)

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
akshatc 2013-12-21 9 commits Active
malcare 2018-01-22 5 commits Active

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