Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple Social Icons
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorOsomPress
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 27 Jul 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record37
Rating4.3 /5 · 92
Added to directory21 Feb 2012
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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 OsomPress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nathanrice | 23 | 21 Feb 2012 | 08 Dec 2016 |
| studiopress | 5 | 10 Oct 2018 | 03 Apr 2023 |
| osompress | 6 | 15 Aug 2023 | 03 Apr 2024 |
| esther_sola | 1 | 16 Dec 2025 | 16 Dec 2025 |
| nahuai | 2 | 27 May 2026 | 27 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.
429 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 35% 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 5,948/day08 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 | 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 | 08 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,559 | 0 | 894 | 477 | 379 | 888 | 540 | 516 | 468 | 413 | 361 | 267 | 441 |
| Support threads | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Threads resolved | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (92) · active installs (100,000+) · version (4.1.0)
38 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 directory14 years ago 21 Feb 2012
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 27 Jul 2026, 43 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 8 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.
- 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.
- 27 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 4.1.0 released
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 4.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nahuai.
- 16 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 3.2.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by esther_sola.
- 03 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 3.2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by osompress.
- 24 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by osompress.
- 16 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 3.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by osompress.
- 10 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by osompress.
- 10 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 3.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by osompress.
- 15 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by osompress.
- 03 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by studiopress.
- 23 May 20224 years agoVersion 3.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by studiopress.
- 15 Apr 20206 years agoVersion 3.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by studiopress.
- 21 May 20197 years agoVersion 3.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by studiopress.
- 21 Feb 201214 years ago24 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 21 Feb 2012 and 10 Oct 2018. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 Feb 201214 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 OsomPress for all 38 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (27 Jul 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 92 ratings, averaging 4.3 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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