Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
AdRotate Banner Manager
Active installs20,000+ rounded
Current authorArnan
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release12 days ago 25 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record132
Rating4.3 /5 · 655
Added to directory01 Jul 2008
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP8.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Arnan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| adegans | 131 | 07 Mar 2017 | 25 Jul 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.
343 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 75% 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 7,312/day05 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 | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 73 | 196 | 98 | 7,312 | 989 | 605 | 370 | 275 | 565 | 0 | 470 | 387 | 334 |
| Version | 5.19.1 | 5.19.1 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 | 5.19.2 |
| Support threads | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Threads resolved | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (655) · active installs (20,000+)
35 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 directory18 years ago 01 Jul 2008
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP8.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 25 Aug 2026, 12 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 28 Mar 2026.
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.
- 25 Aug 202612 days agoVersion 5.19.2 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.
- 25 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 5.19.1 released
- 23 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 5.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 28 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 5.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 23 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 5.17.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 18 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 5.17.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 5.17.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 07 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 5.17.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 09 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.17.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 07 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 5.17.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 26 Dec 20258 months agoVersion 5.17.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 11 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 5.17.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 27 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 5.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 24 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 5.16.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by adegans.
- 07 Mar 20179.5 years ago118 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 07 Mar 2017 and 04 Nov 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 01 Jul 200818 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 Arnan for all 35 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 12 days ago (25 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 20,000+ active installs.
- It carries 655 ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 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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