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Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News v4.0.8

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 11, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 11, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires WordPress 5.9+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 58% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 76 Passed
  • 38 Warnings
  • 11 Failed
Security 62/100
Needs Improvement

23 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 67/100
Needs Improvement

41 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 33/100
Poor

4 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

5.4 MB

17.2 MB unzipped

Total files

1,065

across all file types

Lines of PHP

53,560

in 211 files Large

File types

  • JS
  • PHP
  • SVG
  • SCSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 2 Critical
  • 46 High
  • 231 Medium
  • 129 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News, Code Quality improved the most (+1). The largest regression was in Performance (-25). The codebase grew 277% in size.

Audited 2.4.21 → 4.0.6 · 30 versions

0 50 100 2.4.21 3.0.1 3.0.11 4.0.6

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 205 410 2.4.21 3.0.1 3.0.11 4.0.6

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

3,365

downloads

Today

367

downloads

Week over week

−60%

vs previous week

Month over month

+55%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

42% of installs run an older version

≈ 8.5K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v2.4
  • v3.0
  • v4.0

Ratings

209 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 188
  • 4 8
  • 3 0
  • 2 4
  • 1 9

Support: 1 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jul 27, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 28 days

average between releases

Total releases

85

since Sep 2017 · 9 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Smart Post in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Smart Post v4.0.8 flagged 408 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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