Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Optin Forms – Simple List Building Plugin for WordPress
Active installs2,000+ rounded
Current authorFancyThemes
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release30 days ago 03 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record47
Rating4.6 /5 · 72
Added to directory06 Mar 2014
Requires WP3.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by FancyThemes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brs | 10 | 19 Mar 2014 | 26 Mar 2016 |
| FancyThemes | 17 | 24 Mar 2016 | 20 Jun 2019 |
| wpkube | 19 | 06 Jul 2018 | 17 Apr 2024 |
| skustrimovic | 1 | 03 Aug 2026 | 03 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.
Moderately adopted: 2,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
31 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 17% 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 261/day02 Sep 2026
Install band fell to 2,000+ on 15 Aug 2026, from 3,000+. 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 | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 36 | 35 | 22 | 24 | 44 | 22 | 45 | 69 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 34 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (72) · active installs (2,000+) · version (1.3.7.2) · 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 directory12 years ago 06 Mar 2014
Requires WP3.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 03 Aug 2026, 30 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- The same account maintains 2 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.
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.
- 14 Aug 202620 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 1.3.7.2 released
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoReleased after a long silenceA new release arrived 838 days after the previous one (2024-04-17). A break in dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the release or the owner.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 2,000+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.
- 09 Oct 202511 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-04-17). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 17 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.7.1 released
- 10 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 28 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.3.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 15 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 06 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 08 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 07 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 1.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 23 Mar 20233 years agoVersion 1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 05 Oct 20223.5 years agoVersion 1.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 26 Oct 20214.5 years agoVersion 1.2.9.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 04 Aug 20215 years agoVersion 1.2.9.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 19 Jun 20206 years agoVersion 1.2.9.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 02 Sep 20197 years agoVersion 1.2.9.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpkube.
- 19 Mar 201412 years ago33 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 19 Mar 2014 and 20 Jun 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 06 Mar 201412 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 FancyThemes for all 32 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 30 days ago (03 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs.
- It carries 72 ratings, averaging 4.6 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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