Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorconnekthq
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 01 Jun 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record54
Rating4.8 /5 · 59
Added to directory01 Nov 2016
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by connekthq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dcooney | 54 | 12 Jan 2017 | 01 Jun 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: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
430 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 21% 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 841/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 | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 345 | 841 | 505 | 689 | 630 | 420 | 356 | 0 | 379 | 679 | 467 | 674 | 454 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (59) · active installs (100,000+) · version (7.2.0) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
35 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 directory9.5 years ago 01 Nov 2016
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 01 Jun 2026, 96 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 2 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 04 Jan 2020.
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.
- 01 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 7.2.0 released
- 01 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 7.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 13 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 7.1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 12 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 7.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 11 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 7.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 12 Jun 202515 months agoVersion 7.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 04 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 7.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 22 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 7.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 08 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 6.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 08 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 6.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 07 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 6.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 07 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 6.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 15 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 6.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dcooney.
- 12 Jan 20179.5 years ago41 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Jan 2017 and 25 Jan 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 01 Nov 20169.5 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 connekthq for all 35 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (01 Jun 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 59 ratings, averaging 4.8 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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