Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce
Active installs30,000+ rounded
Current authorbrightvesseldev
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6 months ago 17 Feb 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record26
Rating4.7 /5 · 116
Added to directory18 Feb 2022
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.2 behind
Tested up toWP 6.9.7 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by brightvesseldev 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| im_niloy | 3 | 18 Feb 2022 | 28 Nov 2024 |
| niloybrightvessel | 17 | 11 Mar 2022 | 08 May 2024 |
| brightvesseldev | 6 | 10 Feb 2025 | 17 Feb 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: 30,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
93 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 31% 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 189/day02 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 | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 92 | 61 | 0 | 83 | 60 | 83 | 88 | 128 | 81 | 75 | 96 | 102 | 78 |
| Ratings total | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (30,000+) · version (2.0) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
32 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 directory4.5 years ago 18 Feb 2022
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.2 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 17 Feb 2026, 197 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.9.7, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 2 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 14 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 30 Dec 2025.
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.
- 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.
- 17 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 2.0 released
- 02 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brightvesseldev.
- 20 Oct 202510 months agoVersion 1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brightvesseldev.
- 11 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 1.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brightvesseldev.
- 08 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brightvesseldev.
- 10 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 1.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by brightvesseldev.
- 28 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 1.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by im_niloy.
- 08 May 20242 years agoVersion 1.1.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by niloybrightvessel.
- 22 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by niloybrightvessel.
- 06 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by niloybrightvessel.
- 04 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by niloybrightvessel.
- 23 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by niloybrightvessel.
- 08 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by niloybrightvessel.
- 18 Feb 20224.5 years ago13 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 18 Feb 2022 and 09 May 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 18 Feb 20224.5 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 brightvesseldev for all 32 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6 months ago (17 Feb 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.9.7; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs.
- It carries 116 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 0 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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