Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect
Active installs80,000+ rounded
Current authorWebFactory
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release21 days ago 16 Aug 2026
Support2 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record12
Rating4.7 /5 · 179
Added to directory16 Jan 2015
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP5.2
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 WebFactory 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WebFactory | 12 | 18 Sep 2019 | 20 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.
Widely adopted: 80,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
316 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 16% 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 3,476/day06 Sep 2026
Install band fell to 80,000+ on 25 Aug 2026, from 90,000+. 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 | — | 293 | 762 | 0 | 714 | 332 | 327 | 208 | 405 | 395 | 331 | 325 | 289 | 259 |
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 80,000+ |
| Support threads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Threads resolved | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (179) · version (1.70)
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 directory11 years ago 16 Jan 2015
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP5.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 16 Aug 2026, 21 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 27 other plugins, 27 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.
- 16 Aug 202622 days agoVersion 1.70 released
- 14 Aug 202624 days agoInstall band moved to 90,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 08 Aug 202630 days agoInstall band moved to 80,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 90,000+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.
- 19 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.69 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 03 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.68 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 16 Apr 202517 months agoVersion 1.67 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 27 Mar 20242 years agoVersion 1.66 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 19 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.65 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 28 Dec 20214.5 years agoVersion 1.60 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 21 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 1.57 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 05 Dec 20205.5 years agoVersion 1.56 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 07 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.55 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 09 Nov 20196.5 years agoVersion 1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 18 Sep 20196.5 years agoVersion 1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 16 Jan 201511 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 WebFactory for all 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 21 days ago (16 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 80,000+ active installs.
- It carries 179 ratings, averaging 4.7 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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