This plugin is closed on wordpress.org.
Closed 2026-08-20.
Reason: security-issue.
Active installs 1k+
Current version 1.18
Added —
Last updated
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First seen by beacon 6mo ago
Total downloads —
Statistics 2024-06-16 → 2026-09-08 · 798 days
Active-install and ratings figures are the last values WP Beacon captured before wordpress.org closed this plugin — wp.org no longer publishes them. Daily downloads are still updated.
Downloads today
2
7-day total 10
Week over week
▼ -23%
vs prior 7 days
30-day trend
flat
▼ -1% MoM
Abandonment
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closed on wp.org
28 21 14 7 0 2024-06 2024-10 2025-03 2025-07 2025-11 2026-04 closed 2026-08-20 13 10 7 3 0 2026-05 2026-06 2026-06 2026-07 2026-07 2026-08 closed 2026-08-20 11 8 6 3 0 2026-07 2026-08 2026-08 2026-08 2026-08 2026-09 closed 2026-08-20
Active versions
1.18 1.16 1.15
1.18 · 61.7% 1.16 · 12.3% 1.15 · 11.1% other · 8.0% 1.12 · 6.9%
Ratings last captured
No ratings data.
Alerts (0)
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Show 2 resolved alerts
Medium plugin_closed
Resolved · informational_temporary_closure
2026-09-09 18:19:59 (1mo ago)
Slug sidebar-manager-light Closed reason temporaryClosed date 2026-08-20 00:00:00 Active installs 1,000 Serial offender note Severity bumped low→medium: author otwthemes has 8 prior security-issue closures on wp.org.
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"slug": "sidebar-manager-light",
"closed_reason": "temporary",
"closed_date": "2026-08-20 00:00:00",
"active_installs": 1000,
"serial_offender_note": "Severity bumped low\u2192medium: author otwthemes has 8 prior security-issue closures on wp.org."
}
Medium plugin_closed
Resolved · no_longer_matches
2026-09-01 13:51:35 (2mo ago)
Slug sidebar-manager-light Closed reason temporaryClosed date 2026-08-20 00:00:00 Active installs 1,000 Serial offender note Severity bumped low→medium: author otwthemes has 8 prior security-issue closures on wp.org.
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"slug": "sidebar-manager-light",
"closed_reason": "temporary",
"closed_date": "2026-08-20 00:00:00",
"active_installs": 1000,
"serial_offender_note": "Severity bumped low\u2192medium: author otwthemes has 8 prior security-issue closures on wp.org."
}
SVN committers (2)
Accounts with actual commit access to sidebar-manager-light 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
OTWthemes
2012-01-17
50
2012-08-24 · r589632
2022-03-04 · r2688636
plugin-master
2007-03-09
1
2012-08-23 · r589272
2012-08-23 · r589272
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
OTWthemes
2012-01-17
50 commits
Active
Versions (17 most recent)
Version
Released
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1.17
2022-03-04 · 4y ago
zip
1.16
2021-10-09 · 5y ago
zip
1.15
2018-10-17 · 8y ago
zip
1.14
2017-06-22 · 9y ago
zip
1.13
2017-04-24 · 9y ago
zip
1.12
2016-04-19 · 10y ago
zip
1.11
2016-03-29 · 10y ago
zip
1.9
2015-05-18 · 11y ago
zip
1.8
2015-04-05 · 11y ago
zip
1.7
2014-10-23 · 12y ago
zip
1.6
2013-08-08 · 13y ago
zip
1.5
2013-05-07 · 13y ago
zip
1.4
2013-04-29 · 13y ago
zip
1.3
2013-01-14 · 13y ago
zip
1.2
2012-11-14 · 13y ago
zip
1.1
2012-08-31 · 14y ago
zip
1.0
2012-08-24 · 14y ago
zip