Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Search & Replace
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorWP Media
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 years ago 26 Aug 2024
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record23
Rating4.3 /5 · 283
Added to directory14 May 2007
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.6 behind
Tested up toWP 6.5.10 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 WP Media 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bueltge | 18 | 25 Oct 2007 | 17 Jan 2019 |
| derpixler | 2 | 11 Feb 2016 | 28 Dec 2016 |
| nullbyte | 1 | 16 Aug 2023 | 16 Aug 2023 |
| danielhuesken | 1 | 16 May 2024 | 16 May 2024 |
| wp_media | 1 | 26 Aug 2024 | 26 Aug 2024 |
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: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
124 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 25% 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 299/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 | — | 299 | 283 | 0 | 177 | 225 | 83 | 180 | 148 | 139 | 0 | 211 | 190 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (283) · active installs (100,000+) · version (3.2.3) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory19 years ago 14 May 2007
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.6 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 742 days (2.0 years). The last was 26 Aug 2024.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.5.10, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 6 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 7 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.
- 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.
- 17 Feb 20267 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-08-26). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 26 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 3.2.3 released
- 16 May 20242 years agoVersion 3.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielhuesken.
- 16 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 3.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nullbyte.
- 17 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 3.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 28 Feb 20188.5 years agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 28 Dec 20169.5 years agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by derpixler.
- 26 May 201610 years agoVersion 3.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 11 Feb 201610 years agoVersion 3.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by derpixler.
- 29 Jan 201610 years agoVersion 3.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 11 Jun 201511 years agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 15 Sep 201411 years agoVersion 2.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 05 Sep 201412 years agoVersion 2.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 11 Jan 201313 years agoVersion 2.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bueltge.
- 25 Oct 200718 years ago10 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Oct 2007 and 06 Jun 2012. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 May 200719 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 Media for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 years ago (26 Aug 2024).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.5.10; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 283 ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 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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