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If you wait for a fix, how long is the wait?
Across its last 3 feature releases, a follow-up patch arrived in 5–20 days (typically 6 days).
Measured from this plugin's own release history — how quickly a follow-up patch has landed after each feature release. A record of what happened before, not a prediction, and not advice to delay a security fix.
| Version | Released | Threads | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0.1 | 2026-10-13 | 0 | WAIT |
| 4.0.0 | 2026-10-08 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 3.0.1 | 2026-09-28 | 0 | WAIT |
| 3.0.0 | 2026-09-22 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.13 | 2026-08-18 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.12 | 2026-07-03 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.11 | 2026-04-15 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.7.10 | 2026-01-06 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.9 | 2025-11-17 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.8 | 2025-11-16 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.7 | 2025-09-01 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.6 | 2025-07-18 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.7.5 | 2025-04-14 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.7.4 | 2025-01-14 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.3 | 2024-12-02 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.2 | 2024-11-19 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.1 | 2024-11-14 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.7.0 | 2024-10-25 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.6.9 | 2024-10-03 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.6.8 | 2024-08-23 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.6.7 | 2024-07-18 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.6.6 | 2024-06-05 | 0 | WAIT |
| 2.6.5 | 2024-06-05 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
| 2.6.4 | 2024-05-02 | 0 | GUARDED ROLLOUT |
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