Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple Ebook Viewer
Active installs400+ rounded
Current authorFrancesco Martini
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6 days ago 28 Aug 2026
Support3 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record2
Rating5.0 /5 · 6
Added to directory27 May 2025
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Francesco Martini throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
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: 400+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
47 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 655% 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 177/day03 Sep 2026
Install band rose to 400+ on 30 Aug 2026, from 300+. 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 | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 177 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Ratings total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Active installs | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ |
| Version | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
33 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 directory15 months ago 27 May 2025
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 28 Aug 2026, 7 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 3 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Francesco Martini publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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.
- 28 Aug 20266 days agoVersion 2.1.0 released
- 12 Aug 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Aug 202623 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 04 Aug 202630 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 400+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.
- 09 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 2.0.1 released
- 27 May 202515 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 Francesco Martini for all 33 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6 days ago (28 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs.
- It carries 6 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 3 of 3 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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Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Simple Ebook Viewer: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.