Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Nginx Helper
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorrtCamp
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release12 months ago 21 Aug 2025
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record49
Rating4.4 /5 · 31
Added to directory28 Sep 2012
Requires WP3.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.3 behind
Tested up toWP 6.8.8 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 rtCamp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rtcamp | 26 | 04 Oct 2012 | 21 Aug 2025 |
| saurabhshukla | 4 | 14 Oct 2012 | 15 Mar 2013 |
| faishal | 3 | 23 Dec 2013 | 19 May 2014 |
| rahul286 | 4 | 01 Jul 2015 | 10 Jul 2015 |
| chandrapatel | 3 | 26 May 2016 | 07 Mar 2019 |
| bhargavbhandari90 | 2 | 08 Dec 2016 | 21 Jun 2017 |
| rahulsprajapati | 2 | 19 Nov 2018 | 29 Nov 2018 |
| utkarshpatel | 1 | 08 Apr 2019 | 08 Apr 2019 |
| thrijith | 1 | 01 Aug 2019 | 01 Aug 2019 |
| pavanpatil1 | 2 | 04 Apr 2023 | 20 Nov 2023 |
| akrocks | 1 | 27 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2024 |
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: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
565 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 1,090/day30 Aug 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 | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 575 | 756 | 667 | 819 | 697 | 326 | 411 | 560 | 809 | 0 | 1,090 | 558 | 525 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (31) · active installs (200,000+) · version (2.3.5) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
29 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 directory13 years ago 28 Sep 2012
Requires WP3.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.3 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 Aug 2025, 375 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.8.8, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 3 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 21 other plugins, 6 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.
- 02 Aug 202629 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.
- 21 Aug 202512 months agoVersion 2.3.5 released
- 20 Aug 202512 months agoVersion 2.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 14 Mar 202518 months agoVersion 2.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 23 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 2.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 30 Dec 202420 months agoVersion 2.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 27 Dec 202420 months agoVersion 2.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by akrocks.
- 16 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 2.2.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 18 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 20 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pavanpatil1.
- 04 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 2.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pavanpatil1.
- 07 Jan 20206.5 years agoVersion 2.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 06 Jan 20206.5 years agoVersion 2.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rtcamp.
- 01 Aug 20197 years agoVersion 2.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thrijith.
- 04 Oct 201213 years ago36 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 04 Oct 2012 and 08 Apr 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 28 Sep 201213 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 rtCamp for all 29 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 12 months ago (21 Aug 2025).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.8.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 31 ratings, averaging 4.4 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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