Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
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Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorCodepress
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6 days ago 01 Sep 2026
Support5 / 5 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record112
Rating4.9 /5 · 1,651
Added to directory27 Nov 2011
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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 Codepress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| codepress | 43 | 28 Nov 2011 | 29 May 2026 |
| tschutter | 58 | 09 Aug 2013 | 10 Nov 2021 |
| engelen | 10 | 02 Jun 2014 | 19 Jan 2017 |
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: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
7,226 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 1422% 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 39,690/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 | — | 0 | 602 | 783 | 595 | 468 | 251 | 439 | 868 | 39,690 | 4,373 | 2,644 | 1,364 | 1,207 |
| Version | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.19 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1,651) · active installs (100,000+)
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 directory14 years ago 27 Nov 2011
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 01 Sep 2026, 7 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 5 of 5 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Codepress publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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.
- 01 Sep 20267 days agoVersion 7.1.4 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.
- 29 May 20263 months agoVersion 7.0.19 released
- 17 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 7.0.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 31 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 7.0.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 31 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 7.0.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 05 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 4.7.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 03 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 4.7.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 22 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 4.7.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 18 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 4.7.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 05 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 4.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 17 Oct 20223.5 years agoVersion 4.5.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 19 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 4.4.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codepress.
- 10 Nov 20214.5 years agoVersion 4.4.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by tschutter.
- 28 Sep 20214.5 years agoVersion 4.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by tschutter.
- 28 Nov 201114 years ago98 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 28 Nov 2011 and 22 Jun 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 27 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 Codepress for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6 days ago (01 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,651 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 5 of 5 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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