Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple Analytics
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorAdriaan
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 20 Jul 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record98
Rating5.0 /5 · 3
Added to directory12 Jun 2019
Requires WP6.9.4
Requires PHP7.2.0
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 Adriaan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| simpleanalytics | 98 | 07 Dec 2020 | 20 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.
Moderately adopted: 1,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
10 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 40% 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 65/day30 Aug 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 | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 11 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · active installs (1,000+) · version (1.109) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
29 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 directory7 years ago 12 Jun 2019
Requires WP6.9.4
Requires PHP7.2.0
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 Jul 2026, 41 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.
- Adriaan 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.
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 202628 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.
- 20 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.109 released
- 13 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.108 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 18 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 1.107 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 20 May 20263 months agoVersion 1.106 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 27 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 1.105 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 13 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 1.104 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 06 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 1.103 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 30 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 1.102 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 23 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 1.101 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 16 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 1.100 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 09 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 1.99 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 02 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 1.98 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 23 Feb 20266 months agoVersion 1.97 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by simpleanalytics.
- 07 Dec 20205.5 years ago85 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 07 Dec 2020 and 16 Feb 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 12 Jun 20197 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 Adriaan for all 29 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (20 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
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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