Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Uplink CSS Columns
Active installs10+ rounded
Current authorStephen Walker
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release11 days ago 19 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record3
Rating— no ratings yet
Added to directory22 Jul 2026
Requires WP7.0
Requires PHP8.3
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Stephen Walker throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
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.
2 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 81% 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 25/day30 Aug 2026
No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.
Install band rose to 10+ on 15 Aug 2026, from fewer than 10. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Version | 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (0) · active installs (10+) · 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 directory1 month ago 22 Jul 2026
Requires WP7.0
Requires PHP8.3
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 19 Aug 2026, 12 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 4 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.
- 19 Aug 202612 days agoVersion 1.1.2 released
- 04 Aug 202627 days agoVersion 1.1.1 released
- 02 Aug 202629 days agoInstall band moved to fewer than 10Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202629 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.
- 22 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.1.0 released
- 22 Jul 20261 month 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 Stephen Walker for all 29 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 11 days ago (19 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10+ active installs.
What we don’t know yet
- Nobody has rated it. The first rating that arrives shows up here.
- 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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