Plugin profile · observed daily since 09 Aug 2026
Donor Merchant
Active installsfewer than 10 rounded
Current authorMatt McWilliam
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 days ago 17 Sep 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record5
Rating— no ratings yet
Added to directory07 Aug 2026
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Matt McWilliam throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mattmcwilliam | 2 | 20 Aug 2026 | 20 Aug 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.
Very early-stage: fewer than 10 active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
19 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 31% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
10 Aug 2026peak 80/day21 Sep 2026
No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.
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 | 08 Sep | 09 Sep | 10 Sep | 11 Sep | 12 Sep | 13 Sep | 14 Sep | 15 Sep | 16 Sep | 17 Sep | 18 Sep | 19 Sep | 20 Sep | 21 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 13 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 80 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| Version | 2.5.0 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 |
| Support threads | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (0) · active installs (0+)
44 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 directory2 months ago 07 Aug 2026
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 17 Sep 2026, 5 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Matt McWilliam 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.
- 17 Sep 20265 days agoVersion 2.5.3 released
- 11 Sep 202611 days agoVersion 2.5.2 released
- 10 Sep 202612 days agoVersion 2.5.1 released
- 09 Sep 202613 days agoVersion 2.5.0 released
- 09 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.
- 07 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 2.4.1 released
- 07 Aug 20262 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 Matt McWilliam for all 44 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5 days ago (17 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports fewer than 10 active installs.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- Nobody has rated it. The first rating that arrives shows up here.
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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