Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Advanced Excerpt
Active installs80,000+ rounded
Current authorWPKube
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 01 Aug 2026
Support2 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record29
Rating4.3 /5 · 101
Added to directory28 Aug 2007
Requires WP3.2
Requires PHP7.4
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 WPKube 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| basvd | 6 | 25 Jan 2010 | 14 Dec 2011 |
| aprea | 3 | 27 May 2014 | 02 Jun 2014 |
| FancyThemes | 3 | 07 Jun 2016 | 21 Jun 2019 |
| wpkube | 16 | 03 Jul 2018 | 19 Jan 2024 |
| skustrimovic | 1 | 01 Aug 2026 | 01 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: 80,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
483 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 24% 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 2,117/day06 Sep 2026
Install band rose to 80,000+ on 06 Aug 2026, from 70,000+. 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 | 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 | 06 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,366 | 575 | 0 | 851 | 643 | 562 | 633 | 398 | 410 | 530 | 699 | 387 | 324 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (101) · active installs (80,000+) · version (4.5) · threads resolved (2)
36 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 directory19 years ago 28 Aug 2007
Requires WP3.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 01 Aug 2026, 37 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.
- 2 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins, 5 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.
- 04 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 70,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 80,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 70,000+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.
- 01 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 4.5 released
- 19 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 4.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 01 Feb 20233.5 years agoVersion 4.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 04 Aug 20215 years agoVersion 4.3.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 22 Mar 20215.5 years agoVersion 4.3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 09 Dec 20205.5 years agoVersion 4.3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 01 Jun 20206 years agoVersion 4.3.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 06 Feb 20206.5 years agoVersion 4.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 17 Dec 20196.5 years agoVersion 4.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 08 Nov 20196.5 years agoVersion 4.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 24 Sep 20196.5 years agoVersion 4.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 21 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 4.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by FancyThemes.
- 14 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 4.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by FancyThemes.
- 25 Jan 201016 years ago16 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Jan 2010 and 27 May 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 28 Aug 200719 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 WPKube for all 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (01 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 80,000+ active installs.
- It carries 101 ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5.
- 2 of 3 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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