Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026 · CLOSED
Smart Variations Images & Swatches for WooCommerce
Archival record
This plugin no longer returns data from the WordPress.org plugin API. The figures below are the last known-good observation, frozen on 20 Aug 2026. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed, and none is inferred here.
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorRosendoLabs
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 months ago 21 May 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record177
Rating4.7 /5 · 142
Added to directory10 Jul 2015
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag—
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 up to date
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 RosendoLabs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| drosendo | 177 | 29 Apr 2016 | 21 May 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.
18 downloads a day averaged over 13 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
08 Aug 2026peak 26/day20 Aug 2026
No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.
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 | 07 Aug | 08 Aug | 09 Aug | 10 Aug | 11 Aug | 12 Aug | 13 Aug | 14 Aug | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 11 | 11 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (142) · active installs (1,000+) · version (5.2.29) · support threads (1)
19 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 directory11 years ago 10 Jul 2015
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag—
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 May 2026, 108 days ago.
- Does not declare which WordPress version it has been tested against. A field the author sets themselves, so it is left blank rather than reported wrong.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- RosendoLabs 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.
- 21 Aug 202616 days agoRemoved from the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin stopped returning data from the plugin API for three consecutive daily passes. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed; none is asserted here. The last known-good snapshot is frozen below as the archival record.
- 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.
- 21 May 20264 months agoVersion 5.2.29 released
- 19 May 20264 months agoVersion 5.2.28 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 19 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.2.26 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 13 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.2.25 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 04 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.2.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 05 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 5.2.23 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 19 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 5.2.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 18 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 5.2.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 23 Oct 202510 months agoVersion 5.2.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 15 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 5.2.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 27 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 5.2.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 27 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 5.2.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 05 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 5.2.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by drosendo.
- 29 Apr 201610 years ago164 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 29 Apr 2016 and 07 Dec 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
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
- The plugin stopped returning data from the WordPress.org API on 20 Aug 2026.
- It has been held by RosendoLabs for all 19 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 months ago (21 May 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 142 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What can’t be known
- Why it was closed. WordPress.org publishes no reason when a plugin is removed, and does not publish one later.
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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