Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Web Stories
Active installs60,000+ rounded
Current authorGoogle
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release16 months ago 15 May 2025
Support3 / 4 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record56
Rating4.2 /5 · 87
Added to directory22 Sep 2020
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.3 behind
Tested up toWP 6.8.8 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 Google 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 22 Sep 2020 | 20 Jan 2021 | |
| willchou | 3 | 28 Oct 2020 | 11 Dec 2020 |
| swissspidy | 50 | 17 Feb 2021 | 15 May 2025 |
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: 60,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
212 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 14% 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 376/day30 Aug 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 | 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 | — | 160 | 270 | 258 | 193 | 182 | 97 | 89 | 182 | 261 | 376 | 252 | 217 | 106 |
| Ratings total | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Support threads | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (60,000+) · version (1.42.0)
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 directory5.5 years ago 22 Sep 2020
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.3 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 15 May 2025, 472 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.8.8, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 3 releases.
- 3 of 4 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, 1 of which was 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 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.
- 15 May 202516 months agoVersion 1.42.0 released
- 24 Apr 202516 months agoVersion 1.41.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 03 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 1.40.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 23 Jan 202519 months agoVersion 1.39.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 25 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 1.38.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 17 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 1.37.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 10 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 1.36.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 15 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.35.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 30 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.34.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 28 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.33.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 03 May 20233 years agoVersion 1.32.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 23 Mar 20233 years agoVersion 1.31.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 21 Feb 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.30.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by swissspidy.
- 22 Sep 20205.5 years ago43 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 22 Sep 2020 and 06 Feb 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 22 Sep 20205.5 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 Google for all 29 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 16 months ago (15 May 2025).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.8.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 60,000+ active installs.
- It carries 87 ratings, averaging 4.2 out of 5.
- 3 of 4 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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Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Web Stories: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.