AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages

82 Quality Score

Active Installs

22/30

Active installs sit at 80,000, which is solid for an AMP-specific plugin but a small fraction of what general SEO tools pull, reflected in a 73 score that still beats its baseline.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect 100 here, driven by an update within the last few months and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0.

User Rating

13/15

An 88 out of 100 across 1,318 reviews is a strong approval signal from a large sample of real users.

Support Health

8/15

Only 2 support threads with a 50 percent resolution rate drags support health to 50, suggesting low thread volume rather than necessarily poor help.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requires WordPress 3.0 or newer and is tested against 7.0, earning a full 100 for forward and backward compatibility.

Scores higher than 89% of indexed plugins

About

AMP for WP is the most recommended AMP plugin by the community. Automatically add Accelerated Mobile Pages (Google AMP Project) functionality on your …

Active Installs 70k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.4/5

Last Updated 2026-09-10 12:05pm GMT

Requires WordPress 3.0+

Tested Up To 7.1

Security History

16 known vulnerabilities, all patched

3 High 13 Medium

Most recent: September 24, 2026

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AMP for WP <= 1.1.16 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content Regex Transformation High

September 24, 2026 Patched in ["1.1.17"] CVE-2026-83591

AMP for WP <= 1.1.12 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Write via Role-Based Access Configuration with Local Font Upload High

July 6, 2026 Patched in ["1.1.13"] CVE-2026-6101

AMP for WP <= 1.1.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload Medium

January 8, 2026 Patched in ["1.1.11"] CVE-2026-0627

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Comment Submission Medium

January 6, 2026 Patched in ["1.1.10"] CVE-2025-14468

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 17, 2024 Patched in ["1.1.2"] CVE-2024-11254

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.99.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation High

October 24, 2024 Patched in ["1.0.99.2"] CVE-2024-9598

AMP for WP <= 1.0.96.1 - Missing Authorization Medium

August 7, 2024 Patched in ["1.0.97"] CVE-2024-43146

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.96.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload Medium

July 23, 2024 Patched in ["1.0.97"] CVE-2024-6896

AMP for WP <= 1.0.93.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Deletion via amppb_remove_saved_layout_data Medium

February 6, 2024 Patched in ["1.0.93.2"] CVE-2024-1043

Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.92.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

January 22, 2024 Patched in ["1.0.93"] CVE-2024-0587

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.92 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium

December 18, 2023 Patched in ["1.0.92.1"] CVE-2023-6782

Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.88.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode Medium

November 28, 2023 Patched in ["1.0.89"] CVE-2023-48321

AMP for WP <= 1.0.77.32 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 15, 2021 Patched in ["1.0.77.33"] CVE-2021-23209

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages <= 1.0.77.31 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 11, 2021 Patched in ["1.0.77.32"] CVE-2021-23150

AMP for WP <= 0.9.97.20 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

November 20, 2018 Patched in ["0.9.97.21"] CVE-2018-20838

AMP for WP <= 0.9.97.19 - Missing Authorization Medium

October 20, 2018 Patched in ["0.9.97.20"]

What It Does

AMP for WP adds Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages framework to your WordPress site, generating stripped-down, fast-loading versions of your pages for mobile visitors and AMP-aware caches. It includes template controls, ad placement, analytics integration, and SEO compatibility settings so publishers can ship AMP without hand-coding. In practice, you flip it on, pick a design, and the plugin produces AMP-valid HTML that Google's mobile search can surface in carousel and Top Stories placements.

Who It's For

This plugin fits content-heavy publishers, news sites, and blogs that depend on Google Search mobile traffic and want their articles to qualify for AMP cache and Top Stories visibility. It is also useful for affiliate marketers and magazine sites chasing mobile page-speed scores and ad revenue from AMP-friendly networks. Smaller sites that do not rely on mobile search clicks will get less benefit from the setup overhead.

Who Should Skip It

If your site is a SaaS app, WooCommerce store with complex checkout flows, membership portal, or anything that depends on heavy client-side JavaScript, skip it: AMP strips most of that and the plugin's compatibility workarounds have limits. Sites already getting strong organic traffic without AMP, or anyone on managed hosts who wants a simpler mobile experience, should consider a responsive theme or a cache plugin instead.

The Bottom Line

AMP for WP scores a strong 82.66 overall and clearly delivers on its narrow job of shipping AMP pages, with excellent maintenance and ratings to back it. The catch is that AMP itself is a declining strategy: Google no longer gives AMP-only Top Stories preferential treatment, so the main remaining win is cache-level mobile speed. If you do not publish news or editorial content at scale, the SEO plugins above plus a good cache will likely serve you better.

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