Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorBlack Studio
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release16 days ago 20 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record82
Rating4.8 /5 · 191
Added to directory10 Nov 2011
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP5.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Black Studio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| marcochiesi | 80 | 11 Nov 2011 | 05 Jul 2022 |
| thedarkmist | 1 | 08 Mar 2026 | 08 Mar 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: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,382 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 54% 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 74,047/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 | — | 2,001 | 3,866 | 2,636 | 3,450 | 3,091 | 1,823 | 1,147 | 0 | 1,207 | 2,146 | 2,064 | 1,768 | 1,341 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (191) · active installs (200,000+) · version (2.7.4) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory14 years ago 10 Nov 2011
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP5.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 Aug 2026, 17 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 01 Jul 2022.
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.
- 20 Aug 202616 days agoVersion 2.7.4 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.
- 08 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 2.7.3 released
- 05 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 01 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 27 Oct 20214.5 years agoVersion 2.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 18 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 2.6.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 06 Mar 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.6.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 07 Feb 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.6.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 29 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 09 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 29 Nov 20187.5 years agoVersion 2.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 01 Nov 20187.5 years agoVersion 2.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 27 Feb 20188.5 years agoVersion 2.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 13 Dec 20178.5 years agoVersion 2.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcochiesi.
- 11 Nov 201114 years ago68 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 11 Nov 2011 and 17 Nov 2017. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 10 Nov 201114 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 Black Studio for all 35 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 16 days ago (20 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 191 ratings, averaging 4.8 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.
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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