Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Controlled Draft Publisher
Active installs200+ rounded
Current authortechygeekshome
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 days ago 26 Aug 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record4
Rating5.0 /5 · 1
Added to directory18 Oct 2025
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP8.0
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by techygeekshome throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
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.
Small but established: 200+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
18 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 71% 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 89/day28 Aug 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 | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 12 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 36 | 34 |
| Version | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1) · active installs (200+) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
27 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 directory10 months ago 18 Oct 2025
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP8.0
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 26 Aug 2026, 3 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was 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.
- 26 Aug 20262 days agoVersion 1.7.2 released
- 23 Aug 20265 days agoVersion 1.7.1 released
- 06 Aug 202622 days agoVersion 1.7 released
- 02 Aug 202626 days 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.
- 24 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.5 released
- 18 Oct 202510 months 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 techygeekshome for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 days ago (26 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs.
- It carries 1 rating, averaging 5.0 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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