Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Really Simple CAPTCHA
Active installs300,000+ rounded
Current authorRock Lobster Inc.
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release15 days ago 23 Aug 2026
Support2 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record18
Rating4.2 /5 · 131
Added to directory10 Mar 2009
Requires WP7.1
Requires PHP8.3
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Rock Lobster Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| takayukister | 17 | 14 Mar 2009 | 01 Feb 2025 |
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: 300,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,306 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 71% 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 21,210/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 | — | 2,347 | 2,211 | 2,545 | 1,423 | 933 | 919 | 2,025 | 1,804 | 1,505 | 1,408 | 1,186 | 650 | 566 |
| Support threads | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Threads resolved | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (131) · active installs (300,000+) · version (2.5)
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 directory17 years ago 10 Mar 2009
Requires WP7.1
Requires PHP8.3
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 23 Aug 2026, 16 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 2 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 5 other plugins, 5 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.
- 23 Aug 202616 days agoVersion 2.5 released
- 23 Aug 202616 days agoReleased after a long silenceA new release arrived 568 days after the previous one (2025-02-01). A break in dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the release or the owner.
- 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.
- 26 Jul 20261 month agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2025-02-01). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 01 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 2.4 released
- 02 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 28 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 07 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 2.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 23 Aug 20179 years agoVersion 2.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 01 Jun 20179 years agoVersion 2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 29 Apr 201610 years agoVersion 1.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 17 Dec 201411 years agoVersion 1.8.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 23 Mar 201412 years agoVersion 1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 16 Aug 201313 years agoVersion 1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 03 May 201313 years agoVersion 1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 10 Mar 201214 years agoVersion 1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 10 Jan 201214 years agoVersion 1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by takayukister.
- 14 Mar 200917 years ago4 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 14 Mar 2009 and 02 Jan 2012. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 10 Mar 200917 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 Rock Lobster Inc. for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 15 days ago (23 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 300,000+ active installs.
- It carries 131 ratings, averaging 4.2 out of 5.
- 2 of 2 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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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