Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Dynamic Widgets
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorKalmang
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 months ago 12 Feb 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record40
Rating4.7 /5 · 109
Added to directory17 Jan 2010
Requires WP3.0.0
Requires PHP5.2.7
Version lag0.2 behind
Tested up toWP 6.9.7 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Kalmang 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| qurl | 32 | 17 Jan 2010 | 28 Sep 2019 |
| vivalex | 2 | 19 Sep 2023 | 14 Nov 2023 |
| vivwebs | 2 | 16 Jan 2024 | 17 Jan 2024 |
| sovabarmak | 4 | 26 Mar 2024 | 12 Feb 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: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
41 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 11% 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 64/day02 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 | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 57 | 58 | 33 | 34 | 45 | 34 | 64 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 35 | 47 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (109) · active installs (10,000+) · version (1.6.6) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
32 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 directory16 years ago 17 Jan 2010
Requires WP3.0.0
Requires PHP5.2.7
Version lag0.2 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 12 Feb 2026, 203 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.9.7, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 2 releases.
- Kalmang 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.
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.
- 12 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 1.6.6 released
- 17 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 1.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sovabarmak.
- 27 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 1.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sovabarmak.
- 26 Mar 20242 years agoVersion 1.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sovabarmak.
- 17 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vivwebs.
- 16 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.5.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vivwebs.
- 14 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vivalex.
- 19 Sep 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vivalex.
- 28 Sep 20196.5 years agoVersion 1.5.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qurl.
- 25 Aug 20197 years agoVersion 1.5.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qurl.
- 16 Feb 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.5.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qurl.
- 11 Aug 20179 years agoVersion 1.5.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qurl.
- 19 Aug 201610 years agoVersion 1.5.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qurl.
- 17 Jan 201016 years ago27 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 17 Jan 2010 and 14 Aug 2015. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 17 Jan 201016 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 Kalmang for all 32 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 months ago (12 Feb 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.9.7; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 109 ratings, averaging 4.7 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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