Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
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Active installs60,000+ rounded
Current authorJan-Willem
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 17 Jun 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record22
Rating4.8 /5 · 68
Added to directory25 Dec 2012
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Jan-Willem 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| janw.oostendorp | 22 | 26 Dec 2012 | 17 Jun 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: 60,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
130 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 292/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 | — | 135 | 156 | 159 | 153 | 131 | 61 | 128 | 154 | 151 | 215 | 156 | 60 | 49 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (68) · active installs (60,000+) · version (1.8.2) · support threads (1) · 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 directory13 years ago 25 Dec 2012
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 17 Jun 2026, 83 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.
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 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 1.8.2 released
- 30 Mar 202517 months agoVersion 1.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 08 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 1.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 09 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 1.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 16 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.7.4-beta releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 15 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion blueprint releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 15 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion BP2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 05 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 1.7.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 19 May 20224 years agoVersion 1.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 08 Mar 20224.5 years agoVersion 1.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 05 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 22 Jun 20206 years agoVersion 1.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 25 May 20206 years agoVersion 1.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by janw.oostendorp.
- 26 Dec 201213 years ago9 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 26 Dec 2012 and 17 Apr 2020. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 25 Dec 201213 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 Jan-Willem for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (17 Jun 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs.
- It carries 68 ratings, averaging 4.8 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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