Culture Object
CultureObject is an open source WordPress plugin designed to help you put your museum object records on the web.
Use with caution
Culture Object works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 46/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- No update in over a year
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.8 (latest is 7.1)
- Needs PHP 8.1 or newer
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Culture Object stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| culture | #1 |
| museum | #22 |
| object | #23 |
| objects | #74 |
| sync | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
About Culture Object
From the official readme · v4.3Description
CultureObject is an open source WordPress plugin designed to help you put your museum object records on the web.
It supports a number of collection management systems (AdLib, CollectionSpace, CSV, CultureGrid, Emu, RAMM) as well as uploading of CSV files.
Installation
- Install it
- Activate it
- Point it at your data
- Run the import
- Build the necessary theme pages to display your content.
- Point in wonder at your beautiful new site before heading to the pub to celebrate.
Changelog
4.3
New: Add new MDS provider
General: Bump third party dependencies
Security: Fixed several escaping potential security vulnerabilities
4.2
Improvement: Updated dependencies, modernised codebase. Now requires WordPress 6.2 and PHP 8.1
Security: HPSpreadsheet to fix a vulnerability
Security: Fixed several escaping security vulnerabilities
4.1.1
Improvement: Implement WordPress coding standards
4.1
Security Fix: some unescaped output to HTML
Improvement: Implement PSR-4 autoloader for classes
4.0
Fix: CSV2 improvements for images, taxonomies and many other bug fixes.
Update: We now require PHP 7.3 and WordPress 5.2+ for the sake of testing ability on supported software.
3.6
New: SWCE Improvements
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FAQ
Culture Object: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026
Is Culture Object free?
Yes. Culture Object is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Culture Object safe to use in 2026?
Culture Object works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 46/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Culture Object?
Culture Object is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,859 times since it launched in December 2015. It was downloaded 95 times in the last 30 days.
Does Culture Object work with WordPress 7.1?
Culture Object is officially tested up to WordPress 6.8.11, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Culture Object need?
Culture Object requires PHP 8.1 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Culture Object last updated?
The latest version, 4.3, was released on August 17, 2025 (1 year ago).
Who makes Culture Object?
Culture Object is developed and maintained by thirty8.
What are the best alternatives to Culture Object?
The most popular alternatives to Culture Object are notikumiWP (10+ installs), Kulturae Agenda (<10 installs) and Kultur-API for WordPress (<10 installs).
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