Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorWP Folio Team
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last releasetoday 27 Aug 2026
Support1 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record30
Rating4.7 /5 · 295
Added to directory27 Nov 2015
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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 WP Folio Team 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| duonghung1269 | 2 | 14 Dec 2015 | 15 Dec 2015 |
| gaupoit | 10 | 07 Apr 2021 | 18 Oct 2022 |
| buildwps | 17 | 07 Apr 2023 | 07 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.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
229 downloads a day averaged over 12 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
17 Aug 2026peak 401/day28 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 | 06 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | — | 257 | 401 | 280 | 244 | 290 | 217 | 0 | 112 | 187 | 181 | 251 | 328 |
| Ratings total | 293 | 293 | 293 | 293 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 295 |
| Version | 2.8.8.8 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.0 | 2.8.9.1 |
| Support threads | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (10,000+) · threads resolved (1)
18 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 27 Nov 2015
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 27 Aug 2026, 1 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 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.
- 27 Aug 2026yesterdayVersion 2.8.9.1 released
- 07 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 2.8.9.0 released
- 07 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 2.8.8.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 02 Aug 202626 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.
- 06 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.8.8.8 released
- 06 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 2.8.8.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 23 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.8.8.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 20 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 2.8.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 23 Dec 20258 months agoVersion 2.8.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 15 Sep 202511 months agoVersion 2.8.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 26 Feb 202518 months agoVersion 2.8.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 17 Feb 202518 months agoVersion 2.8.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 30 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 2.8.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 30 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 2.8.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 20 May 20242 years agoVersion 2.8.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 14 May 20242 years agoVersion 2.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by buildwps.
- 14 Dec 201510 years ago15 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 14 Dec 2015 and 14 May 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 27 Nov 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 WP Folio Team for all 18 days we have observed it.
- It was last released today (27 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 295 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 1 of 2 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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