Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally) – WCAG Scanning, Guided Fixes, Usability Widget
Active installs500,000+ rounded
Current authorElementor
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release14 days ago 24 Aug 2026
Support1 / 4 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record42
Rating2.9 /5 · 162
Added to directory29 Oct 2015
Requires WP6.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 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 Elementor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KingYes | 41 | 29 Oct 2015 | 07 Jul 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.
Very widely adopted: 500,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
6,817 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 78% 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 163,953/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 | — | 163,953 | 19,228 | 12,664 | 9,770 | 5,164 | 5,306 | 13,500 | 9,449 | 8,296 | 6,708 | 5,766 | 4,003 | 0 |
| Support threads | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Threads resolved | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (162) · active installs (500,000+) · version (4.1.4)
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 29 Oct 2015
Requires WP6.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Aug 2026, 15 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.
- 1 of 4 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 13 other plugins, 7 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.
- 24 Aug 202615 days agoVersion 4.1.4 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.
- 07 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 4.1.3 released
- 01 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 4.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 20 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 4.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 23 Feb 20266 months agoVersion 4.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 28 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 4.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 28 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 4.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 20 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 4.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 20 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 4.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 09 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 3.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 11 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 3.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 15 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 3.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 29 Sep 202511 months agoVersion 3.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 02 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 3.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by KingYes.
- 29 Oct 201510 years ago28 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 29 Oct 2015 and 07 Aug 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 29 Oct 201510 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 Elementor for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 14 days ago (24 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 500,000+ active installs.
- It carries 162 ratings, averaging 2.9 out of 5.
- 1 of 4 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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