Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Secure Custom Fields
Active installs90,000+ rounded
Current authorWordPress.org
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release18 days ago 20 Aug 2026
Support2 / 8 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record36
Rating4.8 /5 · 64
Added to directory21 Nov 2024
Requires WP6.2
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 WordPress.org 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kraftbj | 9 | 21 Nov 2024 | 17 Apr 2025 |
| cbravobernal | 18 | 23 Jun 2025 | 02 Jul 2026 |
| priethor | 3 | 30 Jul 2025 | 30 Jul 2025 |
| Bernhard Reiter | 6 | 10 Mar 2026 | 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: 90,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
1,072 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 15,268/day07 Sep 2026
Install band rose to 90,000+ on 05 Aug 2026, from 80,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | — | 1,425 | 0 | 1,563 | 1,021 | 1,046 | 756 | 1,903 | 1,377 | 1,311 | 1,157 | 973 | 0 | 780 |
| Support threads | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (64) · active installs (90,000+) · version (6.9.5) · threads resolved (2)
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 directory22 months ago 21 Nov 2024
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 Aug 2026, 18 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 2 of 8 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 20 other plugins, 14 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.
- 20 Aug 202619 days agoVersion 6.9.5 released
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 6.9.4 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 80,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 28 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 6.9.3 released
- 21 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bernhard Reiter.
- 02 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 23 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 12 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 11 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 06 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 19 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 30 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 6.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 22 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 6.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cbravobernal.
- 24 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 6.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bernhard Reiter.
- 10 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 6.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Bernhard Reiter.
- 21 Nov 202422 months ago21 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 21 Nov 2024 and 30 Dec 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 Nov 202422 months 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 WordPress.org for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 18 days ago (20 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs.
- It carries 64 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 2 of 8 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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