Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Lightweight Google Analytics
Active installs400+ rounded
Current authorAndy Feliciotti
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 months ago 18 Jan 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating5.0 /5 · 2
Added to directory24 Sep 2020
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.2 behind
Tested up toWP 6.9.7 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Andy Feliciotti throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
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.
Small but established: 400+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
3 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 35% 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 12/day28 Aug 2026
Install band rose to 400+ on 25 Aug 2026, from 300+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Active installs | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 300+ | 300+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (2) · version (1.5.0) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
27 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 directory5.5 years ago 24 Sep 2020
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.2 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 18 Jan 2026, 223 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.9.7, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 2 releases.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 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.
- 23 Aug 20265 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202626 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202626 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.
- 18 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 1.5.0 released
- 24 Sep 20205.5 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 Andy Feliciotti for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 months ago (18 Jan 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.9.7; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs.
- It carries 2 ratings, averaging 5.0 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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