Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling
Active installs600+ rounded
Current authorplainware
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release13 days ago 15 Aug 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record36
Rating4.4 /5 · 22
Added to directory19 Nov 2013
Requires WP4.1
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by plainware 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hitcode | 11 | 08 Jan 2014 | 11 Apr 2018 |
| plainware | 25 | 30 Mar 2023 | 15 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.
Small but established: 600+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
26 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 72% 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 466/day28 Aug 2026
Install band fell to 600+ on 04 Aug 2026, from 700+. 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 | 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 | — | 37 | 466 | 34 | 44 | 23 | 35 | 73 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 12 |
| Version | 4.9.95 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 | 4.9.96 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (22) · active installs (600+) · support threads (1) · 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 directory12 years ago 19 Nov 2013
Requires WP4.1
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 15 Aug 2026, 14 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 0 of 1 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.
- 15 Aug 202613 days agoVersion 4.9.96 released
- 02 Aug 202626 days agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 31 Jul 202628 days agoVersion 4.9.95 released
- 11 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 4.9.92 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 11 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 4.9.91 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 03 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 4.9.87 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 25 Jun 202514 months agoVersion 4.9.84 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 25 Jun 202514 months agoVersion 4.9.85 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 28 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 4.9.78 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 10 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 4.9.77 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 09 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 4.9.76 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 30 Dec 202420 months agoVersion 4.9.75 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 11 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 4.9.74 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 28 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 4.9.72 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 19 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 4.9.71 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by plainware.
- 08 Jan 201412 years ago22 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 08 Jan 2014 and 09 Nov 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 19 Nov 201312 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 plainware for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 13 days ago (15 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs.
- It carries 22 ratings, averaging 4.4 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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