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Starter Sites & Templates by Neve v1.4.4

Access 100+ Gutenberg templates and ready-to-use starter sites for WordPress. All designs work with the Neve theme. One-click import, fully responsive …

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 3, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 3, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

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

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 5.5+
  • Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 43% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

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

  • 80 Passed
  • 36 Warnings
  • 9 Failed
Security 62/100
Needs Improvement

23 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 66/100
Needs Improvement

40 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 33/100
Poor

4 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 100/100
Excellent

6 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

1.6 MB

3.6 MB unzipped

Total files

324

across all file types

Lines of PHP

10,701

in 40 files Medium

File types

  • JS
  • PHP
  • SCSS
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

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

  • 0 Critical
  • 73 High
  • 54 Medium
  • 103 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 Starter Sites & Templates by Neve, Code Quality improved the most (+4). The largest regression was in Security (-3). The codebase grew 17% in size.

Audited 1.2.6 → 1.4.4 · 30 versions

0 50 100 1.2.6 1.2.16 1.2.26 1.4.4

How issues changed across versions

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

0 133 265 1.2.6 1.2.16 1.2.26 1.4.4

Download momentum

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

Last 7 days

5,133

downloads

Today

627

downloads

Week over week

−40%

vs previous week

Month over month

−1%

vs previous month

Download trend: Steady. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

57% of installs run an older version

≈ 56.6K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v1.1
  • v1.2
  • v1.4

Ratings

77 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 68
  • 4 3
  • 3 2
  • 2 1
  • 1 3

Maintenance & history

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

Last updated

This month

Aug 12, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 15 days

average between releases

Total releases

81

since Jul 2020 · 6 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Starter Sites & Templates by Neve in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Starter Sites & Templates by Neve v1.4.4 flagged 230 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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