Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Proxy Cache Purge
Active installs50,000+ rounded
Current authorDanila Vershinin
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 days ago 02 Sep 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record41
Rating4.4 /5 · 26
Added to directory15 Jul 2011
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.4
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 Danila Vershinin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipstenu | 14 | 10 Apr 2018 | 19 Oct 2023 |
| dvershinin | 26 | 17 Jul 2024 | 04 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.
Widely adopted: 50,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
378 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 26% 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 14,149/day07 Sep 2026
Install band rose to 50,000+ on 25 Aug 2026, from 40,000+. 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 | 25 Aug | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 615 | 748 | 693 | 416 | 185 | 183 | 558 | 564 | 373 | 438 | 363 | 185 | 163 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Threads resolved | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (26) · active installs (50,000+) · version (5.12.3)
37 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 15 Jul 2011
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 02 Sep 2026, 5 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.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 3 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 Sep 20265 days agoVersion 5.12.3 released
- 24 Aug 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 40,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Aug 202618 days agoInstall band moved to 50,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 04 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 5.12.2 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 40,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 28 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 5.12.1 released
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 5.12.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 21 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 5.11.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 19 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 5.11.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 5.10.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 5.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 21 May 20264 months agoVersion 5.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 02 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 5.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 27 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 5.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 18 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 16 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 16 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 5.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 18 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 5.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dvershinin.
- 10 Apr 20188 years ago26 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 10 Apr 2018 and 25 Jan 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 15 Jul 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 Danila Vershinin for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5 days ago (02 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 50,000+ active installs.
- It carries 26 ratings, averaging 4.4 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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