WordPress Plugin Provenance and Transfer Transparency Platform

C6/10April 13, 2026

WhatA browser extension and WordPress integration that surfaces plugin ownership history, developer identity verification, and alerts site owners when a plugin they use has changed hands.

SignalWordPress users blindly click 'update' trusting the original developer is still behind the plugin, and even security-conscious admins have no visibility into whether a plugin was recently acquired by an unknown entity.

Why NowThe WordPress ecosystem's plugin acquisition attacks have become systematic and profitable enough to warrant dedicated tooling, and WordPress still powers 40%+ of the web with no native ownership transparency.

MarketWordPress site owners and agencies managing client sites; ~10M active WordPress sites with paid plugins; Wordfence and Sucuri focus on runtime protection, not supply chain provenance.

MoatFirst-mover data advantage — building the historical ownership database for WordPress plugins creates a reference dataset no competitor can easily replicate.

Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them View discussion ↗ · Article ↗ · 1,053 pts · April 13, 2026

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