Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
UNIVERSAM
Active installs10+ rounded
Current authoruniversam
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last releaseyesterday 17 Sep 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record22
Rating3.9 /5 · 12
Added to directory14 Aug 2017
Requires WP6.9
Requires PHP8.2
Version lag0.3 behind
Tested up toWP 6.8.9 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by universam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| universam | 21 | 03 Aug 2023 | 29 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 early-stage: 10+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
19 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 518% 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 50/day18 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 | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep | 08 Sep | 09 Sep | 10 Sep | 11 Sep | 12 Sep | 13 Sep | 14 Sep | 15 Sep | 16 Sep | 17 Sep | 18 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 50 | 47 |
| Version | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.08 | 9.09 | 9.09 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (12) · active installs (10+) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
48 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 directory9 years ago 14 Aug 2017
Requires WP6.9
Requires PHP8.2
Version lag0.3 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 17 Sep 2026, 1 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.8.9, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 3 releases.
- universam 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.
- 17 Sep 20262 days agoVersion 9.09 released
- 02 Aug 20262 months 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.
- 29 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 9.08 released
- 22 May 202516 months agoVersion 8.71.25 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 27 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 8.71.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 07 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 8.65 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 04 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 8.64 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 13 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 8.59.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 15 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 8.58 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 12 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 8.50 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 01 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 8.49 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 09 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 8.47 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 19 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 8.43 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 07 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 8.42 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 22 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 8.36 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by universam.
- 03 Aug 20233 years ago8 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 03 Aug 2023 and 05 Oct 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 Aug 20179 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 universam for all 48 days we have observed it.
- It was last released yesterday (17 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.8.9; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10+ active installs.
- It carries 12 ratings, averaging 3.9 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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Corrections, missing context, or anything else about UNIVERSAM: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.