Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Video Popup – Youtube, Vimeo, Gutenberg, Shortcode, Elementor
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorZelvigo
Owner changesChanged hands once
Last release17 days ago 21 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record3
Rating5.0 /5 · 3
Added to directory31 Dec 2020
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Zelvigo since 21 Aug 2026, when it last changed hands. 1 ownership change on record since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
We track the wordpress.org account behind each plugin. An owner renaming themselves is recorded as a rename, never as a transfer. How ownership changes are detected
21 Aug 2026
Custody change, one of 2 plugins
WP Theme Developers - WPTD → Zelvigo. 2 plugins moved between the same two accounts on 21 Aug 2026.
Plugins in the same group: wptd-image-compare
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.
Moderately adopted: 1,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
21 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 28% 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 441/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 | — | 33 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · active installs (1,000+) · version (1.8.1) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory5.5 years ago 31 Dec 2020
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 Aug 2026, 17 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, 2 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.
- 21 Aug 202617 days agoVersion 1.8.1 released
- 21 Aug 202617 days agoCustody change, one of 2 pluginsWP Theme Developers - WPTD → Zelvigo. 2 plugins moved between the same two accounts on 21 Aug 2026.
- 20 Aug 202618 days agoVersion 1.6.0 released
- 20 Aug 202618 days agoReleased after a long silenceA new release arrived 1,006 days after the previous one (2023-11-18). A break in dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the release or the owner.
- 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.
- 11 May 202516 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2023-11-18). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 18 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.5.1 released
- 31 Dec 20205.5 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
- The wordpress.org account holding it changed once on 21 Aug 2026, to Zelvigo.
- 2 plugins moved between the same two accounts in the same window.
- It was last released 17 days ago (21 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3 ratings, averaging 5.0 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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