Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin

79 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

At 9,000 active installs, Motors has a modest but real user base, well below category leaders like Directorist at 20,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated within the past day relative to the data snapshot and tested against WordPress 7.0, this is one of the most actively maintained plugins in the category.

User Rating

14/15

A 90 out of 100 rating from 79 users indicates strong satisfaction among those who have tried it.

Support Health

8/15

With only 1 support thread and 0 resolved, the public support channel is effectively untested, which is a real concern given the plugin's complexity.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores perfectly thanks to a low minimum WordPress requirement of 4.6 and confirmation against WordPress 7.0.

Scores higher than 70% of indexed plugins

About

Manage classified listings with WordPress, and allow users to post classified listings directly to your website.

Active Installs 9k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-17 10:20am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.6+

Tested Up To 7.0.5

Security History

29 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Critical 8 High 19 Medium

Most recent: September 17, 2026

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Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings <= 1.4.120 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Private/Draft/Password-Protected Listings Exposure Medium

September 17, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.121"] CVE-2026-16750

Motors <= 1.4.120 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference Medium

September 15, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.121"] CVE-2026-91016

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.113 - Missing Authorization Medium

August 10, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.114"] CVE-2026-66693

Motors <= 1.4.112 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content and User Biographical Info High

July 10, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.113"] CVE-2026-13114

Motors <= 1.4.111 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Modification via 'stm_mark_as_sold_car' Parameter Medium

June 30, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.112"] CVE-2026-12435

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin < 1.4.110 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium

June 22, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.110"] CVE-2026-7859

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.109 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion High

June 17, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.110"] CVE-2026-54814

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.109 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection High

June 17, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.110"] CVE-2026-54812

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.109 - Missing Authorization Medium

June 17, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.110"] CVE-2026-54828

Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.107 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'stm_dealer_logo_path' Parameter High

May 13, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.108"] CVE-2026-3892

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.103 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Payment Bypass via 'stm_payment_status' Parameter Medium

May 11, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.104"] CVE-2026-1934

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin < 1.4.107 - Missing Authorization Medium

April 21, 2026 Patched in ["1.4.107"] CVE-2026-39515

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.89 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion High

October 7, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.90"] CVE-2025-10494

Motors <= 1.4.80 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference Medium

July 30, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.81"] CVE-2025-54691

Motors <= 1.4.71 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion Critical

April 9, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.72"] CVE-2025-32654

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.64 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation High

April 7, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.65"] CVE-2025-2807

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.63 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

April 7, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.64"] CVE-2025-2808

Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin <= 1.4.66 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Wizard Set-up Medium

April 7, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.67"] CVE-2025-3437

Motors <= 1.4.71 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion High

April 4, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.72"] CVE-2025-32142

Motors <= 1.4.71 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

April 4, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.72"] CVE-2025-32170

Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.57 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion and Listing Template Creation Medium

March 21, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.58"] CVE-2024-13737

Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.43 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Custom Title Medium

January 15, 2025 Patched in ["1.4.44"] CVE-2024-10970

Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.9 - Missing Authorization Medium

July 1, 2024 Patched in ["1.4.11"] CVE-2024-5545

Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads <= 1.4.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

October 19, 2023 Patched in ["1.4.7"] CVE-2023-46208

Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads <= 1.4.6 - Server Side Request Forgery High

October 19, 2023 Patched in ["1.4.7"] CVE-2023-46207

Motors – Car Dealer & Classified Ads <= 1.4.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Multiple Functions Medium

April 19, 2023 Patched in ["1.4.6"] CVE-2022-38716

Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Critical

November 21, 2022 Patched in ["1.4.4"] CVE-2022-3989

Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing <= 1.4.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 20, 2019 Patched in ["1.4.1"] CVE-2019-17229

Motors Car Dealer & Classified Ads <= 1.4.0 - Unauthenticated Settings Import/Export Medium

September 20, 2019 Patched in ["1.4.1"] CVE-2019-17228

What It Does

Motors turns a WordPress site into a car dealership or classifieds platform, letting you publish vehicle listings and accept user-submitted ads from the front end. It bundles inventory management, search filters, and listing forms aimed at automotive sellers. In practice it is a vertical-specific theme companion plugin rather than a general classifieds tool.

Who It's For

This plugin fits independent car dealers, used auto lots, and niche automotive marketplaces that want a turnkey WordPress listing site without assembling filters, comparison tools, and submission forms from scratch. It is less suited to someone running a general classifieds board for non-automotive items, since the feature set and templates are heavily car-centric.

Who Should Skip It

If you need a multi-category classifieds board, a business directory, or anything outside vehicles, skip this and look at a general-purpose alternative. Developers who want clean hooks and a documented API will also struggle, as the codebase is geared toward end users using bundled templates.

The Bottom Line

Motors delivers an impressively high overall score of 78.71 thanks to near-perfect maintenance and compatibility, but its tiny support footprint and narrow automotive focus make it a niche pick. Choose it if cars are your business and you want a fast, opinionated solution; otherwise the higher-scoring general alternatives listed above will serve you better.

Pick this if you want AI-assisted listings and a more modern, general-purpose classifieds engine with the same 9,000 installs but a higher quality score.

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 87/100

Pick Directorist for a broader directory and classifieds platform with double the installs and stronger multi-category support.

GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 86/100

Pick GeoDirectory if location-based listings, maps, and proximity search are central to your site.

HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin 80/100

Pick HivePress for a cleaner developer experience, modern UI, and a wider extension marketplace beyond automotive.

Advanced Queries 80/100

Pick Advanced Queries only if you already have listings and just need better query and filtering on top of standard post types.