Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Smart App Banner
Active installs600+ rounded
Current authorstephend
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 years ago 23 Mar 2024
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record15
Rating4.7 /5 · 3
Added to directory24 Jun 2012
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.7 behind
Tested up toWP 6.4.10 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 stephend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| stephend | 15 | 24 Jun 2012 | 23 Mar 2024 |
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.
3 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 11/day03 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 | 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 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · active installs (600+) · version (1.1.6) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory14 years ago 24 Jun 2012
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.7 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 894 days (2.4 years). The last was 23 Mar 2024.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.4.10, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 7 releases.
- stephend 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 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.
- 14 Sep 202512 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-03-23). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 23 Mar 20242 years agoVersion 1.1.6 released
- 17 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 03 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 21 May 20233 years agoVersion 1.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 01 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 1.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 19 Nov 20178.5 years agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 09 Dec 201510 years agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 22 Dec 201411 years agoVersion 1.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 01 Dec 201213 years agoVersion 0.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 01 Oct 201213 years agoVersion 0.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 22 Sep 201213 years agoVersion 0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 19 Sep 201213 years agoVersion 0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 08 Aug 201214 years agoVersion 0.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stephend.
- 24 Jun 201214 years ago2 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 24 Jun 2012 and 20 Jul 2012. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 24 Jun 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 stephend for all 33 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 years ago (23 Mar 2024).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.4.10; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs.
- It carries 3 ratings, averaging 4.7 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.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
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
Similar plugins
This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.
iPad Rubberneck Disrupter
Hides the WordPress login password as it is typed on your iPad or other IOS device.
10+ installs5.0★ (1)updated 23 Jun 2025
far fewer installs
Compare side by side iOS Smart App Banner For Safari
iOS Smart App Banner For Safari plugin quickly and easily displays app banners for your web users who are using mobile Safari on iOS.
20+ installs5.0★ (1)updated 22 Jan 2016
far fewer installs · no release in over 18 months
Compare side by side iOS Alternate Theme
Automatically switch to an alternate theme for Apple iOS devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad).
10+ installsupdated 22 Sep 2011
far fewer installs · no release in over 18 months
Compare side by side wp2phone
wp2phone plugin allows you to create, design and manage the content of a native iPhone & iPad app, directly in WordPress dashboard.
10+ installsupdated 13 Oct 2012
far fewer installs · no release in over 18 months
Compare side by side WP-SmartAppBanner
This will allow you to quickly and easily add an iOS Smart App Banner to your WordPress theme.
10+ installsupdated 17 Apr 2014
far fewer installs · no release in over 18 months
Compare side by side SnapPress Connect
Bulk upload photos from iPhone to WordPress media library. Generate a QR code to connect the SnapPress iOS app to your site in seconds.
fewer than 10 installsupdated 18 Aug 2026
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Smart App Banner: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.