Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Prevent Files / Folders Access
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorminiOrange
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 days ago 25 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record25
Rating4.6 /5 · 35
Added to directory10 Sep 2019
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by miniOrange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyberlord92 | 9 | 16 Apr 2020 | 28 Jan 2022 |
| karnisingh123 | 1 | 22 Apr 2022 | 22 Apr 2022 |
| cyberorange | 9 | 25 May 2022 | 04 Apr 2024 |
| teamwpminiorange | 4 | 20 May 2025 | 28 May 2026 |
| mowpsamldev | 1 | 14 Jul 2026 | 14 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.
Moderately adopted: 1,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
122 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 449% 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 600/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 | 15 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 | — | 22 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 600 | 107 |
| Version | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.5 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (35) · active installs (1,000+) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
27 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 directory6.5 years ago 10 Sep 2019
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 25 Aug 2026, 4 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 43 other plugins, 37 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.
- 25 Aug 20263 days agoVersion 2.6.5 released
- 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.
- 14 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 2.6.4 released
- 28 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by teamwpminiorange.
- 30 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 2.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by teamwpminiorange.
- 24 Jun 202514 months agoVersion 2.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by teamwpminiorange.
- 20 May 202515 months agoVersion 2.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by teamwpminiorange.
- 04 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 2.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 10 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 24 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 2.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 19 May 20233 years agoVersion 2.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 10 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 2.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 02 Nov 20223.5 years agoVersion 2.4.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 19 Sep 20223.5 years agoVersion 2.4.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 02 Aug 20224 years agoVersion 2.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cyberorange.
- 16 Apr 20206 years ago11 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 16 Apr 2020 and 25 May 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 10 Sep 20196.5 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 miniOrange for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 days ago (25 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 35 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.
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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