Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026

Disable Author Archives

Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorfreemp
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release17 days ago 21 Aug 2026
Support no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating4.4 /5 · 7
Added to directory07 Jul 2018
Requires WP2.9
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date

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Ownership

Held by freemp throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.

Full observed history, including every field transition

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: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.

34 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 69/day07 Sep 2026
4.4
out of 5
7 ratings
5686%
400%
300%
200%
1114%

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.

Field25 Aug26 Aug27 Aug28 Aug29 Aug30 Aug31 Aug01 Sep02 Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep
Downloads that day50333547233711693435462222

Unchanged throughout: ratings total (7) · active installs (10,000+) · version (1.3.5) · 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 directory8 years ago 07 Jul 2018
Requires WP2.9
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent

Is anyone still maintaining this?

  • Last released 21 Aug 2026, 18 days ago.
  • Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
  • The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 3 of which were 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.

  1. 21 Aug 202617 days ago
    Version 1.3.5 released
  2. 02 Aug 20261 month ago
    First 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.
  3. 07 Jul 20188 years ago
    Added 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 freemp for all 37 days we have observed it.
  • It was last released 17 days ago (21 Aug 2026).
  • Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
  • WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
  • It carries 7 ratings, averaging 4.4 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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