Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Auto Affiliate Links
Active installs2,000+ rounded
Current authorLucian Apostol
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 days ago 04 Sep 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record740
Rating4.1 /5 · 39
Added to directory14 Jan 2011
Requires WP3.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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 Lucian Apostol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thedark | 727 | 14 Jan 2011 | 16 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.
Moderately adopted: 2,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
1,174 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 73% 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 2,012/day06 Sep 2026
Install band fell to 2,000+ on 26 Aug 2026, from 3,000+. 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 | 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 | — | 1,483 | 171 | 1,679 | 154 | 83 | 0 | 117 | 1,657 | 1,582 | 79 | 1,609 | 1,634 | 1,538 |
| Active installs | 2,000+ | 3,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ | 2,000+ |
| Version | 6.9.7 | 6.9.7 | 6.9.8 | 6.9.8 | 6.9.8 | 6.9.8 | 6.9.8 | 6.9.8.1 | 6.9.8.2 | 6.9.8.3 | 6.9.8.3 | 6.9.8.4 | 6.9.8.5 | 6.9.8.5 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (39) · 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 directory15 years ago 14 Jan 2011
Requires WP3.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 04 Sep 2026, 2 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 8 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.
- 04 Sep 20263 days agoVersion 6.9.8.5 released
- 03 Sep 20264 days agoVersion 6.9.8.4 released
- 02 Sep 20265 days agoVersion 6.9.8.3 released
- 31 Aug 20267 days agoVersion 6.9.8.2 released
- 30 Aug 20268 days agoVersion 6.9.8.1 released
- 25 Aug 202613 days agoVersion 6.9.8 released
- 25 Aug 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 3,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Aug 202615 days agoVersion 6.9.7 released
- 23 Aug 202615 days agoInstall band moved to 2,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 22 Aug 202616 days agoVersion 6.9.6.1 released
- 21 Aug 202617 days agoVersion 6.9.5.2 released
- 20 Aug 202618 days agoVersion 6.9.5.1 released
- 18 Aug 202620 days agoVersion 6.9.5 released
- 17 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 6.9.4 released
- 16 Aug 202622 days agoVersion 6.9.3.6 released
- 16 Aug 202622 days agoVersion 6.9.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 15 Aug 202623 days agoVersion 6.9.3.4 released
- 14 Aug 202624 days agoVersion 6.9.3.3 released
- 13 Aug 202625 days agoVersion 6.9.3.2 released
- 12 Aug 202626 days agoVersion 6.9.3.1 released
- 10 Aug 202628 days agoVersion 6.9.3 released
- 09 Aug 202629 days agoVersion 6.9.2 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 3,000+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.
- 21 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.9.1 released
- 17 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 15 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.8.9.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 11 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.8.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 6.8.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 12 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.8.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 11 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.8.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 29 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 6.8.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 17 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 6.8.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by thedark.
- 14 Jan 201115 years ago708 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 14 Jan 2011 and 05 Apr 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 Jan 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 Lucian Apostol for all 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 days ago (04 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs.
- It carries 39 ratings, averaging 4.1 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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