Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Performant Translations
Active installs40,000+ rounded
Current authorPascal Birchler
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release20 days ago 18 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record14
Rating4.9 /5 · 16
Added to directory29 Aug 2023
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Pascal Birchler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| swissspidy | 14 | 29 Aug 2023 | 25 May 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.
Widely adopted: 40,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
163 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 506/day07 Sep 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 | 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 | — | 204 | 268 | 223 | 183 | 57 | 58 | 130 | 0 | 506 | 186 | 0 | 239 | 77 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (16) · active installs (40,000+) · version (1.2.0) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
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 directory3 years ago 29 Aug 2023
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 18 Aug 2026, 20 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 3 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.
- 18 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 1.2.0 released
- 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.
- 27 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 02 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 02 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 26 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 12 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 09 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 16 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 05 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 26 Sep 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 05 Sep 20233 years agoVersion 1.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 05 Sep 20233 years agoVersion 1.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 30 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 29 Aug 20233 years ago1 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 29 Aug 2023 and 29 Aug 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 29 Aug 20233 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 Pascal Birchler for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 20 days ago (18 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 40,000+ active installs.
- It carries 16 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 1 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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