Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
A Note Above – WP Dashboard Notes
Active installs40+ rounded
Current authorbrownbrowniebrownerson
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2.5 years ago 12 Nov 2023
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record5
Rating5.0 /5 · 1
Added to directory19 May 2021
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.7 behind
Tested up toWP 6.4.10 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by brownbrowniebrownerson throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| brownbrowniebrownerson | 5 | 19 May 2021 | 12 Nov 2023 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very early-stage: 40+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
2 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 11/day08 Sep 2026
Install band fell to 40+ on 08 Sep 2026, from 50+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep | 08 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Active installs | 50+ | 40+ | 50+ | 40+ | 40+ | 40+ | 50+ | 40+ | 40+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ | 40+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1) · version (2.0.2) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
38 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory5 years ago 19 May 2021
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.7 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 1,032 days (2.8 years). The last was 12 Nov 2023.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.4.10, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 7 releases.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 21 Mar 2021.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 04 Sep 20264 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Sep 20266 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 01 Sep 20267 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 29 Aug 202610 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Aug 202611 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Aug 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Aug 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Aug 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Aug 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Aug 202621 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 17 Aug 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 16 Aug 202623 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Aug 202625 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Aug 202626 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 12 Aug 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 10 Aug 202629 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 09 Aug 202630 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 07 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 06 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 05 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 05 May 202516 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2023-11-12). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 12 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.0.2 released
- 16 Sep 20214.5 years agoVersion 1.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brownbrowniebrownerson.
- 16 Sep 20214.5 years agoVersion 2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brownbrowniebrownerson.
- 16 Sep 20214.5 years agoVersion 2.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brownbrowniebrownerson.
- 19 May 20215 years agoVersion 1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brownbrowniebrownerson.
- 19 May 20215 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by brownbrowniebrownerson for all 38 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2.5 years ago (12 Nov 2023).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.4.10; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 40+ active installs.
- It carries 1 rating, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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