Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce – Reno Product Category
Active installs9,000+ rounded
Current authorShapedPlugin LLC
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 days ago 24 Aug 2026
Support2 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record58
Rating4.8 /5 · 91
Added to directory18 Jul 2018
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by ShapedPlugin LLC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wplimb | 4 | 26 Jul 2018 | 05 Sep 2018 |
| shapedplugin | 29 | 09 Oct 2018 | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Shamimmiashuhagh | 6 | 01 Aug 2022 | 22 Nov 2024 |
| rubel_miah | 17 | 24 Aug 2022 | 13 Jan 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: 9,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
796 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 1047% 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 2,314/day29 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 | 16 Aug | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 35 | 82 | 69 | 76 | 107 | 59 | 2,176 | 348 | 160 | 2,314 | 253 | 198 | 126 |
| Version | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 |
| Support threads | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (91) · active installs (9,000+)
28 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 years ago 18 Jul 2018
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Aug 2026, 6 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 2 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 18 other plugins, 15 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.
- 24 Aug 20265 days agoVersion 1.7.2 released
- 21 Aug 20268 days agoVersion 1.7.1 released
- 02 Aug 202627 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.
- 30 Jul 202630 days agoVersion 1.7.0 released
- 06 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shapedplugin.
- 15 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 1.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shapedplugin.
- 13 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 1.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 25 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 1.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 08 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 1.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 14 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 1.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 11 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 1.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 22 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 1.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 10 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 1.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 14 Oct 202422 months agoVersion 1.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 18 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 1.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 05 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 1.4.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 26 Jul 20188 years ago43 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 26 Jul 2018 and 05 Jun 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 18 Jul 20188 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 ShapedPlugin LLC for all 28 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5 days ago (24 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 9,000+ active installs.
- It carries 91 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 2 of 2 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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