Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin
Active installs2,000+ rounded
Current authorGhozyLab
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 days ago 01 Sep 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record155
Rating3.8 /5 · 277
Added to directory08 Mar 2013
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by GhozyLab 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GhozyLab | 154 | 14 Mar 2013 | 23 Jan 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: 2,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
160 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 787% 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 849/day05 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 | 11 Aug | 12 Aug | 13 Aug | 14 Aug | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 78 | 849 | 75 | 46 |
| Version | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.170 | 1.3.171 | 1.3.171 | 1.3.171 | 1.3.171 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (277) · active installs (2,000+) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
23 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 08 Mar 2013
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 01 Sep 2026, 4 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 9 other plugins, 5 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.
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 Sep 20263 days agoReturned to the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin resumed returning data from the plugin API after a recorded closure. WordPress.org does not publish reasons for closures or reinstatements; none is asserted here.
- 01 Sep 20264 days agoVersion 1.3.171 released
- 21 Aug 202615 days agoRemoved from the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin stopped returning data from the plugin API for three consecutive daily passes. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed; none is asserted here.
- 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.
- 23 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 1.3.170 released
- 30 Mar 20233 years agoVersion 1.3.169 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 23 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 1.3.167 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 18 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 1.3.165 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 20 May 20215 years agoVersion 1.3.163 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 15 Mar 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.3.161 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 20 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.3.159 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 26 Dec 20205.5 years agoVersion 1.3.157 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 01 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.3.155 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 12 Apr 20206 years agoVersion 1.3.153 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 15 Jan 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.3.151 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 01 Jan 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.3.150 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 05 May 20197 years agoVersion 1.3.139 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by GhozyLab.
- 14 Mar 201313 years ago141 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 14 Mar 2013 and 17 Jan 2018. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 08 Mar 201313 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 GhozyLab for all 23 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 days ago (01 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs.
- It carries 277 ratings, averaging 3.8 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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