Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorJeff Starr
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release29 days ago 10 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record57
Rating4.8 /5 · 911
Added to directory21 Feb 2011
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP5.6.20
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Jeff Starr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| specialk | 56 | 21 May 2017 | 08 Jun 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.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
132 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 36% 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 5,935/day09 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 | 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 | 09 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 148 | 0 | 282 | 114 | 235 | 187 | 147 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 136 | 123 | 236 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (911) · active installs (10,000+) · version (20260810) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
39 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 directory15 years ago 21 Feb 2011
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP5.6.20
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 10 Aug 2026, 30 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 29 other plugins, 29 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.
- 10 Aug 202630 days agoVersion 20260810 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.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 20260608 released
- 22 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 20260422 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 07 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 20260407 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 27 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 20260217 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 08 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 20260207 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 13 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 20260113 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 10 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 20260110 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 10 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 20251210 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 22 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 20251121 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 07 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 20250329 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 27 Mar 202517 months agoVersion 20250327 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 26 Oct 202422 months agoVersion 20241026 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 05 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 20240703 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by specialk.
- 21 May 20179 years ago43 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 21 May 2017 and 16 May 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 Feb 201115 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 Jeff Starr for all 39 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 29 days ago (10 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 911 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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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