Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
User Private Files – WordPress File Sharing Plugin
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorDeepak Khokhar
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 days ago 05 Sep 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record32
Rating4.4 /5 · 57
Added to directory29 Jan 2021
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Deepak Khokhar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| deepakkite | 32 | 31 Jan 2021 | 11 Aug 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.
44 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 42% 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 69/day08 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 | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep | 08 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 23 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 59 | 46 | 57 | 58 | 50 | 34 | 0 | 60 | 47 |
| Ratings total | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000+) · version (2.1.8) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
38 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 directory5.5 years ago 29 Jan 2021
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 05 Sep 2026, 4 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 7 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.
- 05 Sep 20264 days agoVersion 2.1.8 released
- 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.
- 09 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 2.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 14 May 20264 months agoVersion 2.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 23 Jun 202515 months agoVersion 2.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 15 Feb 202519 months agoVersion 2.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 16 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 2.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 18 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 2.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 16 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 2.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 06 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 2.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 25 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 2.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 09 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 11 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 12 Oct 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by deepakkite.
- 31 Jan 20215.5 years ago19 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 31 Jan 2021 and 22 Sep 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 29 Jan 20215.5 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 Deepak Khokhar for all 38 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 days ago (05 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 57 ratings, averaging 4.4 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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