Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
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Active installs300,000+ rounded
Current authorSyed Balkhi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 months ago 19 Feb 2026
Support3 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record47
Rating4.7 /5 · 365
Added to directory13 Jun 2014
Requires WP5.3
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.2 behind
Tested up toWP 6.9.7 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Syed Balkhi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| No3x | 24 | 13 Jun 2014 | 18 Apr 2019 |
| wysija | 6 | 07 Nov 2019 | 03 Sep 2020 |
| tautvidas | 7 | 03 Jul 2021 | 31 Jan 2022 |
| capuderg | 5 | 21 Dec 2022 | 22 Apr 2024 |
| donmhico | 5 | 08 Oct 2024 | 19 Feb 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: 300,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
3,273 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 5,745/day07 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 | 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 | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 4,388 | 0 | 5,745 | 3,278 | 2,659 | 625 | 2,770 | 4,880 | 4,623 | 3,564 | 3,701 | 2,442 | 929 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (365) · active installs (300,000+) · version (1.16.0) · support threads (3) · threads resolved (3)
37 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 13 Jun 2014
Requires WP5.3
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.2 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 19 Feb 2026, 201 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.9.7, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 2 releases.
- 3 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 97 other plugins, 39 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.
- 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 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 1.16.0 released
- 09 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 1.15.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by donmhico.
- 30 Dec 202420 months agoVersion 1.14.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by donmhico.
- 10 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 1.13.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by donmhico.
- 08 Oct 202423 months agoVersion 1.13.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by donmhico.
- 22 Apr 20242 years agoVersion 1.12.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by capuderg.
- 14 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.11.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by capuderg.
- 08 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.11.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by capuderg.
- 15 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.11.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by capuderg.
- 21 Dec 20223.5 years agoVersion 1.10.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by capuderg.
- 31 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 1.10.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by tautvidas.
- 31 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 1.10.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by tautvidas.
- 28 Nov 20214.5 years agoVersion 1.10.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by tautvidas.
- 13 Jun 201412 years ago34 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 13 Jun 2014 and 24 Nov 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 13 Jun 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 Syed Balkhi for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 months ago (19 Feb 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.9.7; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 300,000+ active installs.
- It carries 365 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 3 of 3 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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