Plugin profile · observed daily since 20 Sep 2026
Rename Media Files: Improve Your SEO
Active installs9,000+ rounded
Current authorWPFactory
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release8 days ago 15 Sep 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record75
Rating4.8 /5 · 40
Added to directory19 Jul 2013
Requires WP5.3
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.2 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by WPFactory throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 20 Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karzin | 54 | 06 Aug 2013 | 12 Aug 2022 |
| wpcodefactory | 21 | 01 Feb 2023 | 15 Sep 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: 9,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
207 downloads a day averaged over 3 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
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 Sep | 21 Sep | 22 Sep | 23 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 250 | 196 | 174 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (40) · active installs (9,000+) · version (2.7.1) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
4 days of observation.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory13 years ago 19 Jul 2013
Requires WP5.3
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 15 Sep 2026, 9 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.2, which is current.
- The same account maintains 16 other plugins, 15 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 20 Sep 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 20 Sep 20264 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.
- 15 Sep 20269 days agoVersion 2.7.1 released
- 10 Sep 202614 days agoVersion 2.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 10 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 2.6.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 27 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.6.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 14 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 2.6.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 15 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 2.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 15 May 202516 months agoVersion 2.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 15 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 2.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 30 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 2.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 27 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 2.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 24 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 2.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 24 Sep 20241.5 years agoVersion 2.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 07 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 2.5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 06 Aug 201313 years ago62 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 06 Aug 2013 and 16 May 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 19 Jul 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 WPFactory for all 4 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 8 days ago (15 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.2, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 9,000+ active installs.
- It carries 40 ratings, averaging 4.8 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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