Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorvaakash
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 01 Aug 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record56
Rating4.9 /5 · 227
Added to directory08 May 2010
Requires WP4.9.0
Requires PHP5.3
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by vaakash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| vaakash | 56 | 14 Apr 2012 | 01 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.
Very widely adopted: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
576 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 13% 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 4,743/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 | — | 957 | 969 | 0 | 861 | 858 | 358 | 640 | 729 | 696 | 655 | 577 | 419 | 318 |
| Ratings total | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 227 | 227 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (100,000+) · version (6.5.4) · 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 directory16 years ago 08 May 2010
Requires WP4.9.0
Requires PHP5.3
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 01 Aug 2026, 37 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, 2 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.
- 01 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 6.5.4 released
- 10 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 01 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 6.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 20 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 6.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 06 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 24 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 12 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 6.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 07 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 6.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 23 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 22 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 06 Nov 20223.5 years agoVersion 6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 30 Aug 20224 years agoVersion 6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 21 Jun 20224 years agoVersion 5.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by vaakash.
- 14 Apr 201214 years ago43 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 14 Apr 2012 and 08 Mar 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 08 May 201016 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 vaakash for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (01 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 227 ratings, averaging 4.9 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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