Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel
Active installs70,000+ rounded
Current authorShapedPlugin LLC
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release15 days ago 18 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record89
Rating4.7 /5 · 433
Added to directory30 Jul 2014
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| shapedplugin | 47 | 12 Apr 2017 | 03 Jul 2026 |
| rubel_miah | 32 | 22 Apr 2017 | 06 Jan 2026 |
| Shamimmiashuhagh | 9 | 01 Aug 2022 | 18 Jul 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: 70,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
613 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 85% 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 19,794/day02 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 | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,845 | 3,466 | 773 | 527 | 1,063 | 779 | 787 | 864 | 498 | 318 | 314 | 791 | 722 |
| Ratings total | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 433 | 433 | 433 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (70,000+) · version (2.7.13) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
32 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 directory12 years ago 30 Jul 2014
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 18 Aug 2026, 15 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 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.
- 18 Aug 202615 days agoVersion 2.7.13 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.
- 03 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.7.12 released
- 15 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shapedplugin.
- 06 Jan 20268 months agoVersion 2.7.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 17 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 2.7.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 16 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 2.7.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 01 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 2.7.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 18 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 2.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 14 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 2.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 14 Jan 202520 months agoVersion 2.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by rubel_miah.
- 02 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 2.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 19 Nov 202421 months agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 14 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 25 Oct 202422 months agoVersion 2.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Shamimmiashuhagh.
- 12 Apr 20179 years ago75 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Apr 2017 and 03 Oct 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 30 Jul 201412 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 32 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 15 days ago (18 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 70,000+ active installs.
- It carries 433 ratings, averaging 4.7 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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