Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WP-ViperGB
Active installs400+ rounded
Current authorJK
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 years ago 23 May 2024
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record69
Rating4.5 /5 · 4
Added to directory08 Mar 2010
Requires WP2.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.6 behind
Tested up toWP 6.5.10 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by JK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin_K | 69 | 09 Mar 2010 | 23 May 2024 |
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.
Small but established: 400+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
3 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 35% 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 12/day28 Aug 2026
Install band rose to 400+ on 23 Aug 2026, from 300+. 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 | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Active installs | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 300+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (4) · version (1.6.2) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
27 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 directory16 years ago 08 Mar 2010
Requires WP2.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.6 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 828 days (2.3 years). The last was 23 May 2024.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.5.10, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 6 releases.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 21 May 2026.
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.
- 22 Aug 20267 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 15 Aug 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Aug 202615 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202627 days 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.
- 14 Nov 20259 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-05-23). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 23 May 20242 years agoVersion 1.6.2 released
- 23 May 20242 years agoVersion 1.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 05 Nov 20223.5 years agoVersion 1.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 29 May 20224 years agoVersion 1.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 17 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 1.4.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 08 Dec 20205.5 years agoVersion 1.4.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 28 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.4.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 27 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.4.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 12 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 27 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 1.4.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 23 Nov 20187.5 years agoVersion 1.4.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 20 Jun 20188 years agoVersion 1.4.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 10 Dec 20169.5 years agoVersion 1.4.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Justin_K.
- 09 Mar 201016 years ago56 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 09 Mar 2010 and 23 Apr 2016. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 08 Mar 201016 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 JK for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 years ago (23 May 2024).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.5.10; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs.
- It carries 4 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
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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