Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Local Development
Active installs100+ rounded
Current authorAndy Fragen
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release25 days ago 13 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record44
Rating5.0 /5 · 5
Added to directory14 Jan 2016
Requires WP5.4
Requires PHP7.4
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 Andy Fragen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| afragen | 44 | 10 Jul 2016 | 13 Aug 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.
Small but established: 100+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
5 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 59/day07 Sep 2026
Install band rose to 100+ on 05 Sep 2026, from 90+. 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 | 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 | — | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Active installs | 100+ | 100+ | 90+ | 100+ | 90+ | 100+ | 100+ | 100+ | 100+ | 100+ | 90+ | 100+ | 100+ | 100+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (5) · version (2.11.1) · support threads (0) · 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 directory10 years ago 14 Jan 2016
Requires WP5.4
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 13 Aug 2026, 25 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 12 other plugins, 8 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 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 20264 days agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 30 Aug 20269 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 29 Aug 202610 days agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Aug 202611 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Aug 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 21 Aug 202618 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Aug 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Aug 202626 days agoVersion 2.11.1 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 08 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 2.11.0 released
- 15 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 2.10.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 11 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 2.10.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 06 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 2.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 02 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 2.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 01 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 2.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 11 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 2.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 21 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 2.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 20 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 10 May 20224 years agoVersion 2.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 07 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 2.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 05 Mar 20215.5 years agoVersion 2.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 21 Nov 20205.5 years agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by afragen.
- 10 Jul 201610 years ago30 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 10 Jul 2016 and 05 Oct 2020. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 Jan 201610 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 Fragen for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 25 days ago (13 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs.
- It carries 5 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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