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SSH SFTP Updater Support
Easy SFTP updates that might occasionally break your login.
HealthyGrowing
87/100
It offers easy SFTP updates without extra extensions but occasionally breaks during WordPress updates.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
99 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+54%
Growing fast
54 → 83 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +54% in the last year
54/day a year ago→83/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySSH SFTP Updater Support is generally praised for its plug-and-play simplicity and ability to handle updates without extra extensions, but a few users report it can break after WordPress updates, notably preventing logins and failing on 4.9.5.
What people like
- +Works immediately with no configuration required×7
- +Reduces the hassle of managing SFTP/SSH connections×3
- +Does not require the php-ssh2 extension
- +Compatible with multiple WordPress versions (e.g., 4.9.1, 4.9.4)×2
Common complaints
- −Stops working, preventing theme preview and server login
- −Fails when updating to WordPress 4.9.5, skipping the SSH credentials screen (since 4.9.5)
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.95★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 99 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2023-08-28★★★★★works great, thank youandytriboletti
- 2021-03-25★★★★★Perfectbscattolini
- 2018-10-17★★★★★Takes some pain off dealing with serversskylabb
- 2018-07-27★★★★★not working in 4.9.5neptronix1-shot
- 2018-07-26★★★★★Perfectadquila
- 2018-05-11★★★★★Great pluginnicozub1-shot
- 2018-04-21★★★★★No Longer Working Properlycolinhrt
- 2018-03-22★★★★★Saved my life! Thanks u. easy and perfect! pluginbrign
- 2018-02-28★★★★★Simple activating and workingjf9xcsdd
- 2018-02-24★★★★★It works without any config changes.Syam Kumar R
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
143
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
138
Prior 7-day baseline
96
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
232
Mean release-day peak (30d)
121
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
5.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.95★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered