Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Action Scheduler
Active installs20,000+ rounded
Current authorAutomattic
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 05 Aug 2026
Support1 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record31
Rating3.5 /5 · 13
Added to directory14 Jul 2020
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 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 Automattic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| vedjain | 1 | 03 Jun 2021 | 03 Jun 2021 |
| barry.hughes | 5 | 21 Jun 2021 | 15 Nov 2024 |
| peterfabian1000 | 1 | 01 Nov 2021 | 01 Nov 2021 |
| sadowski | 8 | 24 May 2022 | 13 Sep 2023 |
| obliviousharmony | 1 | 25 Aug 2022 | 25 Aug 2022 |
| royho | 2 | 16 Sep 2022 | 16 Sep 2022 |
| alopezari | 1 | 11 Oct 2023 | 11 Oct 2023 |
| rodelgc | 2 | 20 Nov 2023 | 22 May 2024 |
| nigeljamesstevenson | 5 | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Jun 2024 |
| namanorg | 2 | 21 Jan 2025 | 03 Feb 2025 |
| jorgeatorres | 1 | 15 Jul 2025 | 15 Jul 2025 |
| automattic | 2 | 16 Jun 2026 | 05 Aug 2026 |
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.
Widely adopted: 20,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
800 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 3,239/day07 Sep 2026
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 | 25 Aug | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 838 | 1,010 | 874 | 1,221 | 645 | 394 | 813 | 1,020 | 1,171 | 1,085 | 0 | 1,148 | 361 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (13) · active installs (20,000+) · version (4.1.0) · support threads (2) · threads resolved (1)
37 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 directory6 years ago 14 Jul 2020
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 05 Aug 2026, 33 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 1 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 77 other plugins, 30 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
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.
- 05 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 4.1.0 released
- 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.
- 16 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 4.0.0 released
- 15 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 3.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by jorgeatorres.
- 03 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 3.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by namanorg.
- 21 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 3.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by namanorg.
- 15 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 3.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by barry.hughes.
- 12 Sep 20241.5 years agoVersion 3.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by barry.hughes.
- 20 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 3.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nigeljamesstevenson.
- 22 May 20242 years agoVersion 3.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rodelgc.
- 05 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 3.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nigeljamesstevenson.
- 20 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nigeljamesstevenson.
- 14 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nigeljamesstevenson.
- 13 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 3.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nigeljamesstevenson.
- 20 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 3.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rodelgc.
- 03 Jun 20215 years ago17 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 03 Jun 2021 and 11 Oct 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 Jul 20206 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 Automattic for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (05 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 20,000+ active installs.
- It carries 13 ratings, averaging 3.5 out of 5.
- 1 of 2 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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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