Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Breadcrumb NavXT
Active installs800,000+ rounded
Current authorJohn Havlik
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release9 days ago 29 Aug 2026
Support0 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record76
Rating4.6 /5 · 132
Added to directory01 Dec 2007
Requires WP5.8
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by John Havlik 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mtekk | 75 | 25 Jan 2008 | 02 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.
Very widely adopted: 800,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
9,965 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 56% 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 148,153/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 | — | 1,971 | 2,230 | 2,168 | 1,661 | 1,165 | 148,153 | 21,763 | 12,730 | 0 | 12,548 | 11,395 | 6,742 | 4,577 |
| Version | 7.5.1 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.1 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 | 7.5.2 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (132) · active installs (800,000+) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory18 years ago 01 Dec 2007
Requires WP5.8
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Aug 2026, 9 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 0 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 23 Jul 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.
- 29 Aug 202610 days agoVersion 7.5.2 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.
- 02 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 7.5.1 released
- 05 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 7.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 10 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 7.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 31 Dec 202420 months agoVersion 7.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 28 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 7.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 10 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 7.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 23 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 7.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 17 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 7.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 29 Apr 20224 years agoVersion 7.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 28 Dec 20214.5 years agoVersion 7.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 18 Dec 20214.5 years agoVersion 7.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 01 Apr 20215 years agoVersion 6.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 12 Jun 20206 years agoVersion 6.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mtekk.
- 25 Jan 200818 years ago62 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Jan 2008 and 31 Dec 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 01 Dec 200718 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 John Havlik for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 9 days ago (29 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 800,000+ active installs.
- It carries 132 ratings, averaging 4.6 out of 5.
- 0 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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