Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Search Regex
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorJohn Godley
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 days ago 29 Aug 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record38
Rating4.7 /5 · 101
Added to directory17 Sep 2007
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
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 John Godley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| johnny5 | 37 | 05 May 2012 | 24 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: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
7,803 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 996% 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 40,811/day05 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 | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 400 | 772 | 851 | 782 | 927 | 756 | 508 | 40,811 | 5,144 | 3,611 | 2,321 | 2,223 | 0 |
| Version | 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 |
| Support threads | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (101) · active installs (100,000+) · threads resolved (0)
35 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 directory18 years ago 17 Sep 2007
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Aug 2026, 8 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 14 other plugins, 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.
- 29 Aug 20268 days agoVersion 3.4.4 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.
- 24 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 3.4.3 released
- 06 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 3.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 28 Feb 20266 months agoVersion 3.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 14 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 16 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 3.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 11 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 11 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 3.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 22 Dec 20258 months agoVersion 3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 26 Apr 202516 months agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 23 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 03 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 03 Aug 20242 years agoVersion trunk releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 01 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by johnny5.
- 05 May 201214 years ago24 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 05 May 2012 and 10 Sep 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 17 Sep 200718 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 John Godley for all 35 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 days ago (29 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 101 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 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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