Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
IP Location Block
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorIdeologix
Owner changesChanged hands once
Last release2 days ago 04 Sep 2026
Support1 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record31
Rating4.5 /5 · 35
Added to directory17 May 2021
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP8.1
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 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 Ideologix since 25 Aug 2026, when it last changed hands. 1 ownership change on record since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
We track the wordpress.org account behind each plugin. An owner renaming themselves is recorded as a rename, never as a transfer. How ownership changes are detected
25 Aug 2026
Custody change
Darko G. → Ideologix.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DarkoG | 29 | 17 May 2021 | 22 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.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
977 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 5,529/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 | — | 5,529 | 583 | 603 | 460 | 182 | 0 | 269 | 436 | 244 | 256 | 372 | 5,261 | 0 |
| Ratings total | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Version | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.1 |
| Support threads | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (10,000+)
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 directory5 years ago 17 May 2021
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP8.1
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 04 Sep 2026, 3 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Ideologix 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.
- 04 Sep 20263 days agoVersion 1.4.1 released
- 25 Aug 202613 days agoCustody changeDarko G. → Ideologix.
- 24 Aug 202614 days agoVersion 1.4.0 released
- 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.
- 22 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.4.0-rc.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 05 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.3.9 released
- 05 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.3.9-rc.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 13 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 1.3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 07 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 1.3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 06 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 1.3.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 20 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 1.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 07 Mar 202518 months agoVersion 1.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 24 Sep 202423 months agoVersion 1.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 01 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 02 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 20 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 12 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DarkoG.
- 17 May 20215 years ago16 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 17 May 2021 and 01 Nov 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 17 May 20215 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
- The wordpress.org account holding it changed once on 25 Aug 2026, to Ideologix.
- It was last released 2 days ago (04 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 35 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 1 of 3 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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