Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Advanced Ads for WPBakery Page Builder
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authormonetizemore
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release24 days ago 15 Oct 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record10
Rating5.0 /5 · 1
Added to directory16 Jun 2016
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by monetizemore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| webzunft | 6 | 09 Dec 2016 | 10 Mar 2021 |
| advancedads | 3 | 28 Mar 2023 | 10 Mar 2025 |
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.
Moderately adopted: 1,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
44 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 29% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 489/day31 Oct 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 | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 46 | 75 | 46 | 59 | 88 | 48 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 33 | 55 | 109 | 34 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1) · active installs (1,000+) · version (2.0.1) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
91 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 directory10 years ago 16 Jun 2016
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 15 Oct 2026, 24 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- The same account maintains 4 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.
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.
- 15 Oct 202624 days agoVersion 2.0.1 released
- 15 Oct 202624 days agoReleased after a long silenceA new release arrived 584 days after the previous one (2025-03-10). A break in dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the release or the owner.
- 01 Sep 20262 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2025-03-10). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily 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.
- 10 Mar 202520 months agoVersion 2.0.0 released
- 04 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 28 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by advancedads.
- 10 Mar 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webzunft.
- 30 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webzunft.
- 17 Nov 20178.5 years agoVersion 1.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webzunft.
- 05 Oct 20179 years agoVersion 1.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webzunft.
- 08 Jun 20179 years agoVersion 1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webzunft.
- 09 Dec 20169.5 years agoVersion 1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webzunft.
- 16 Jun 201610 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 monetizemore for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 24 days ago (15 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1 rating, 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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