Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
SiteOrigin CSS
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorGreg - SiteOrigin
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 21 May 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record56
Rating4.9 /5 · 153
Added to directory02 Jun 2015
Requires WP3.9
Requires PHP7.0.0
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 Greg - SiteOrigin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpriday | 27 | 12 Jun 2015 | 21 Oct 2020 |
| SiteOrigin | 29 | 12 Dec 2020 | 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.
Very widely adopted: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
482 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 668/day28 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 | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 425 | 348 | 456 | 592 | 592 | 609 | 483 | 387 | 409 | 447 | 538 | 668 | 440 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (153) · active installs (100,000+) · version (1.6.6) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
27 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 02 Jun 2015
Requires WP3.9
Requires PHP7.0.0
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 May 2026, 99 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.
- The same account maintains 9 other plugins, 2 of which were 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 202626 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.
- 21 May 20263 months agoVersion 1.6.6 released
- 06 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 26 May 202515 months agoVersion 1.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 15 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 1.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 13 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 1.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 26 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 1.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 22 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 1.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 13 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 1.5.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 31 May 20242 years agoVersion 1.5.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 11 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 11 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.5.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 09 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.5.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 07 Apr 20233 years agoVersion 1.5.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SiteOrigin.
- 12 Jun 201511 years ago43 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Jun 2015 and 30 Sep 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 02 Jun 201511 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 Greg - SiteOrigin for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (21 May 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 153 ratings, averaging 4.9 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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