Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WPConsent – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA / EU Compliance Cookie Notice)
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorSyed Balkhi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 days ago 01 Sep 2026
Support2 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record21
Rating4.8 /5 · 81
Added to directory20 Dec 2024
Requires WP5.6
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gripgrip | 20 | 27 Mar 2025 | 29 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.
Very widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
12,201 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 480% 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 61,682/day06 Sep 2026
9 ratings left in the last 36 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
Install band rose to 200,000+ on 15 Aug 2026, from 100,000+. 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 | — | 2,188 | 2,525 | 2,692 | 2,755 | 2,066 | 1,307 | 1,460 | 4,603 | 1,835 | 61,682 | 8,182 | 4,885 | 2,763 |
| Ratings total | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 |
| Version | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.9 |
| Support threads | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Threads resolved | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+)
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 directory21 months ago 20 Dec 2024
Requires WP5.6
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 01 Sep 2026, 6 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 2 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 97 other plugins, 38 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.
- 01 Sep 20266 days agoVersion 1.1.9 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 100,000+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.
- 29 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.1.8 released
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 1.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 19 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 1.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 24 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 1.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 19 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 1.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 24 Feb 20266 months agoVersion 1.1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 22 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 1.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 11 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 1.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 20 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 16 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 10 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 1.0.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 26 Aug 202512 months agoVersion 1.0.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 10 Jul 202514 months agoVersion 1.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by gripgrip.
- 27 Mar 202517 months ago7 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 27 Mar 2025 and 10 Jun 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 20 Dec 202421 months 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 36 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5 days ago (01 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 81 ratings, averaging 4.8 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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