Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Helpie FAQ — Accordion, Docs & Knowledge Base
Active installs9,000+ rounded
Current authorEssekia
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 24 Jun 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record132
Rating4.5 /5 · 80
Added to directory24 Sep 2018
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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 Essekia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essekia | 115 | 10 Nov 2018 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| santhoshoutright | 5 | 22 Nov 2018 | 07 Jan 2019 |
| sekar0369 | 12 | 06 Mar 2022 | 01 Mar 2023 |
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.
39 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 20% 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 75/day07 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 | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 57 | 44 | 75 | 46 | 33 | 35 | 48 | 60 | 46 | 34 | 47 | 0 | 35 |
| Support threads | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (80) · active installs (9,000+) · version (1.51) · threads resolved (0)
37 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 directory7.5 years ago 24 Sep 2018
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Jun 2026, 75 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was 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 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.
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 1.51 released
- 17 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 1.50 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 17 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 1.50.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 1.49 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 05 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 1.48 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 23 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 1.47 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 15 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 1.46 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 24 Dec 20258 months agoVersion 1.45 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 18 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.44 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 15 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.43 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 18 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 1.42 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 14 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 1.41 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 02 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 1.40 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Essekia.
- 10 Nov 20187.5 years ago119 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 10 Nov 2018 and 19 Sep 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 24 Sep 20187.5 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 Essekia for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (24 Jun 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 9,000+ active installs.
- It carries 80 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 0 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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