# Prime Mover – Backup and Migration

> The simplest all-around plugin to migrate WordPress and do backups. These support multisite backup/migration or cloning a WP site/multisite subsite.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `prime-mover`
- Author: Codexonics
- Version: 2.2.2
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-19 (18 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.2, PHP 5.6
- Tags: backup, clone, migrate WordPress, multisite migration
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/prime-mover/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 18 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Slow ↔ Responsive, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-24 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Base64-Encoded Comment during Migration Search-and-Replace (up to 2.2.1). CVE-2026-115806, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab6ebd66-c7a4-402e-b51e-3f1f3183bd97?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-01 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.2.0). CVE-2026-101890, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01b63b2a-3634-4ff6-b56c-787eb6988714?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-01 HIGH: Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion (up to 2.2.0). CVE-2026-101889, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1b9bebab-e0e4-4f54-b297-aec0dcecf13e?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-01 HIGH: Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload (up to 2.2.0). CVE-2026-101888, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75410bb1-ab77-45cb-a83d-3515092658ab?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-24 HIGH: Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing (up to 1.9.2). CVE-2023-6505, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/806d3919-7a10-43f3-9c68-ce38ba359a35?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 1.5.0). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-551, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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