Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Customize Admin
Active installs3,000+ rounded
Current authorJohan van der Wijk
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 months ago 20 May 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record28
Rating3.6 /5 · 5
Added to directory16 Dec 2010
Requires WP3.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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 Johan van der Wijk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| vanderwijk | 28 | 23 Dec 2010 | 20 May 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.
Moderately adopted: 3,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
15 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 35% 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 36/day07 Sep 2026
Install band fell to 3,000+ on 07 Sep 2026, from 4,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | — | 36 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 0 |
| Active installs | 3,000+ | 4,000+ | 3,000+ | 3,000+ | 4,000+ | 4,000+ | 4,000+ | 4,000+ | 3,000+ | 3,000+ | 4,000+ | 3,000+ | 4,000+ | 3,000+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (5) · version (1.9.8) · support threads (0) · 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 directory15 years ago 16 Dec 2010
Requires WP3.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 May 2026, 111 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.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 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.
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.
- 06 Sep 20262 days agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 05 Sep 20263 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 04 Sep 20264 days agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Sep 20266 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 29 Aug 202610 days agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Aug 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Aug 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 22 Aug 202617 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Aug 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Aug 202621 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 17 Aug 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 16 Aug 202623 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 4,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 20 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.9.8 released
- 01 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.9.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 18 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 1.9.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 17 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 1.9.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 12 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 1.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 15 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 1.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 08 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 1.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 30 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 24 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 1.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 21 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 09 May 20224 years agoVersion 1.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 12 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 1.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 12 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 1.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vanderwijk.
- 23 Dec 201015 years ago15 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 23 Dec 2010 and 10 Mar 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 16 Dec 201015 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 Johan van der Wijk for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 months ago (20 May 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs.
- It carries 5 ratings, averaging 3.6 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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