Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026

HotJar

Active installs100+ rounded
Current authorowencutajar
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release8.5 years ago 20 Dec 2017
Support no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating5.0 /5 · 1
Added to directory20 Dec 2017
Requires WP3.0.1
Requires PHP5.2.4
Version lag2.2 behind
Tested up toWP 4.9.31 WordPress is now on 7.1

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Ownership

Held by owencutajar throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.

Full observed history, including every field transition

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.

3 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 11/day02 Sep 2026
5.0
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1 rating
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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.

Field20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24 Aug25 Aug26 Aug27 Aug28 Aug29 Aug30 Aug31 Aug01 Sep02 Sep
Downloads that day01100110110001100

Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1) · active installs (100+) · version (0.2) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)

32 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 directory8.5 years ago 20 Dec 2017
Requires WP3.0.1
Requires PHP5.2.4
Version lag2.2 behind

Is anyone still maintaining this?

  • No release in 3,178 days (8.7 years). The last was 20 Dec 2017.
  • Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 4.9.31, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 22 releases.
  • The same account maintains 1 other plugin, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 15 Dec 2009.

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.

  1. 02 Aug 20261 month ago
    First 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.
  2. 13 Jun 20197 years ago
    Dormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2017-12-20). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
  3. 20 Dec 20178.5 years ago
    Version 0.2 released
  4. 20 Dec 20178.5 years ago
    Added 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 owencutajar for all 32 days we have observed it.
  • It was last released 8.5 years ago (20 Dec 2017).
  • Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 4.9.31; WordPress is now on 7.1.
  • WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs.
  • It carries 1 rating, 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.

What can’t be known

  • Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.

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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