Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Antispam Bee
Active installs700,000+ rounded
Current authorpluginkollektiv
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release15 days ago 23 Aug 2026
Support1 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record43
Rating4.8 /5 · 226
Added to directory10 Jan 2009
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP5.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by pluginkollektiv 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sergej.mueller | 16 | 07 Jun 2012 | 11 Apr 2015 |
| swissspidy | 4 | 11 Sep 2015 | 13 Feb 2017 |
| Kau-Boy | 2 | 12 Feb 2018 | 02 Dec 2020 |
| websupporter | 5 | 24 May 2018 | 17 Apr 2020 |
| pluginkollektiv | 15 | 10 Mar 2021 | 29 May 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.
Very widely adopted: 700,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
6,094 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 87% 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 248,885/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 | — | 23,231 | 16,670 | 12,948 | 9,782 | 6,295 | 6,007 | 0 | 9,991 | 9,099 | 7,818 | 7,036 | 4,451 | 4,260 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (226) · active installs (700,000+) · version (2.11.13) · 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 directory17 years ago 10 Jan 2009
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP5.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 23 Aug 2026, 15 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins, 2 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.
- 23 Aug 202615 days agoVersion 2.11.13 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.
- 29 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.11.12 released
- 25 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 2.11.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 30 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.11.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 30 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.11.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 22 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 2.11.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 11 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 2.11.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 15 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.11.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 21 Sep 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.11.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 18 Sep 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.11.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 13 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 2.11.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 06 Feb 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.11.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 27 Jun 20224 years agoVersion 2.11.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 17 Feb 20224.5 years agoVersion 2.11.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pluginkollektiv.
- 07 Jun 201214 years ago29 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 07 Jun 2012 and 29 Jul 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 10 Jan 200917 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 pluginkollektiv for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 15 days ago (23 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 700,000+ active installs.
- It carries 226 ratings, averaging 4.8 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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