Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorphbernard
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 29 Jul 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record30
Rating4.9 /5 · 801
Added to directory05 May 2014
Requires WP3.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by phbernard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| phbernard | 30 | 05 May 2014 | 29 Jul 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 widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,333 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 9,818/day31 Aug 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 | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,699 | 1,434 | 1,660 | 1,690 | 924 | 676 | 1,306 | 1,486 | 1,557 | 2,078 | 1,607 | 659 | 639 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (801) · active installs (200,000+) · version (1.3.50) · support threads (1)
30 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 directory12 years ago 05 May 2014
Requires WP3.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Jul 2026, 33 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- phbernard 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 202629 days 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.
- 29 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.3.50 released
- 13 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.3.49 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 09 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.3.47 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 09 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.3.48 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 02 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 1.3.46 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 10 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 1.3.45 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 30 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 1.3.44 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 05 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 1.3.43 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 20 Jul 202513 months agoVersion 1.3.42 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 04 May 202516 months agoVersion 1.3.41 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 09 Mar 202518 months agoVersion 1.3.39 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 09 Mar 202518 months agoVersion 1.3.40 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 16 Feb 202518 months agoVersion 1.3.38 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by phbernard.
- 05 May 201412 years ago17 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 05 May 2014 and 24 Nov 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 05 May 201412 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 phbernard for all 30 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (29 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 801 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 1 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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