Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)
Active installs500,000+ rounded
Current authorWooCommerce
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 days ago 03 Sep 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record173
Rating2.0 /5 · 105
Added to directory28 Jan 2017
Requires WP7.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by WooCommerce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| woothemes | 47 | 01 Feb 2017 | 13 Jul 2021 |
| cshultz88 | 9 | 14 Nov 2019 | 14 Oct 2020 |
| bor0 | 1 | 14 Nov 2019 | 14 Nov 2019 |
| ferdev | 15 | 03 Mar 2020 | 05 Aug 2026 |
| wpmuguru | 1 | 27 Aug 2020 | 27 Aug 2020 |
| bborman22 | 6 | 28 Oct 2020 | 03 May 2022 |
| frosso1 | 7 | 11 Jan 2021 | 15 Nov 2021 |
| brezo.cordero | 2 | 21 Apr 2021 | 30 Jun 2021 |
| waclawjacek | 13 | 20 May 2021 | 06 Jan 2025 |
| shellbeezy | 1 | 17 Aug 2021 | 17 Aug 2021 |
| samirthemerchant | 1 | 26 Jan 2022 | 26 Jan 2022 |
| harriswong | 20 | 10 Feb 2022 | 23 Sep 2024 |
| mayishaa | 5 | 29 Mar 2022 | 03 Aug 2022 |
| brettshumaker | 1 | 27 May 2022 | 27 May 2022 |
| SamNajian | 12 | 17 Jul 2023 | 01 Jun 2026 |
| Kloon | 2 | 12 Mar 2024 | 04 Jun 2024 |
| WooCommerce | 2 | 03 Sep 2024 | 09 Sep 2024 |
| ismaeld | 9 | 22 May 2025 | 22 Jun 2026 |
| automattic | 2 | 12 Jun 2025 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| tpaksu | 4 | 13 Aug 2025 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| ayushpahwa | 6 | 26 Aug 2025 | 27 Jul 2026 |
| alliemims | 2 | 17 Nov 2025 | 09 Feb 2026 |
| BogdanUngureanu | 2 | 06 Jul 2026 | 15 Jul 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.
Very widely adopted: 500,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
30,004 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 181,132/day06 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 | 24 Aug | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 3,695 | 171,143 | 17,793 | 12,238 | 7,062 | 4,470 | 3,879 | 9,388 | 6,047 | 4,939 | 2,978 | 171,898 | 10,900 |
| Version | 3.6.12 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.13 | 3.6.14 | 3.6.14 | 3.6.14 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (105) · active installs (500,000+) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
36 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 directory9.5 years ago 28 Jan 2017
Requires WP7.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 03 Sep 2026, 4 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 28 other plugins, 17 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.
- 03 Sep 20264 days agoVersion 3.6.14 released
- 24 Aug 202614 days agoVersion 3.6.13 released
- 10 Aug 202628 days agoVersion 3.6.12 released
- 05 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 3.6.11 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.
- 27 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 3.6.10 released
- 20 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 3.6.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ayushpahwa.
- 15 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 3.6.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by BogdanUngureanu.
- 06 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 3.6.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by BogdanUngureanu.
- 22 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 3.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ismaeld.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 3.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ferdev.
- 01 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 3.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SamNajian.
- 20 May 20264 months agoVersion 3.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ferdev.
- 18 May 20264 months agoVersion 3.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ferdev.
- 20 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by SamNajian.
- 13 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ferdev.
- 06 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ayushpahwa.
- 10 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 3.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by tpaksu.
- 01 Feb 20179.5 years ago156 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 01 Feb 2017 and 23 Feb 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 28 Jan 20179.5 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 WooCommerce for all 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 days ago (03 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 500,000+ active installs.
- It carries 105 ratings, averaging 2.0 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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