Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Co-Authors Widget
Active installs30+ rounded
Current authorGianluigi Filippelli
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4.5 years ago 13 Oct 2021
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating— no ratings yet
Added to directory27 Jan 2018
Requires WP4.8.5
Requires PHP7.0.18
Version lag1.6 behind
Tested up toWP 5.5.20 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Gianluigi Filippelli 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: 30+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
3 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 12/day14 Sep 2026
No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.
Install band fell to 30+ on 14 Sep 2026, from 40+. 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 | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep | 08 Sep | 09 Sep | 10 Sep | 11 Sep | 12 Sep | 13 Sep | 14 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Active installs | 40+ | 30+ | 30+ | 30+ | 40+ | 30+ | 40+ | 40+ | 30+ | 30+ | 40+ | 30+ | 40+ | 30+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (0) · version (0.6) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
44 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 directory8.5 years ago 27 Jan 2018
Requires WP4.8.5
Requires PHP7.0.18
Version lag1.6 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 1,797 days (4.9 years). The last was 13 Oct 2021.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 5.5.20, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 16 releases.
- Gianluigi Filippelli publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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.
- 13 Sep 2026yesterdayInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 12 Sep 20262 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Sep 20263 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 09 Sep 20265 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 07 Sep 20267 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 06 Sep 20268 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 05 Sep 20269 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Sep 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 01 Sep 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 30 Aug 202615 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 29 Aug 202616 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Aug 202617 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Aug 202618 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Aug 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Aug 202625 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 17 Aug 202628 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 16 Aug 202629 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 08 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 07 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 30+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.
- 06 Apr 20233 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2021-10-13). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 13 Oct 20214.5 years agoVersion 0.6 released
- 27 Jan 20188.5 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 Gianluigi Filippelli for all 44 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4.5 years ago (13 Oct 2021).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.5.20; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 30+ 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.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
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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