Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
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Active installs80,000+ rounded
Current authorTom Willmot
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2.5 years ago 24 Apr 2024
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record124
Rating4.7 /5 · 1,373
Added to directory02 Sep 2007
Requires WP3.9
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.6 behind
Tested up toWP 6.5.14 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Tom Willmot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpdprx | 16 | 03 Sep 2007 | 05 Nov 2007 |
| willmot | 60 | 24 Mar 2011 | 25 Jan 2016 |
| mattheu | 1 | 07 Jun 2011 | 07 Jun 2011 |
| pauldewouters | 34 | 15 Oct 2014 | 20 Apr 2017 |
| sambulance | 1 | 14 Dec 2016 | 14 Dec 2016 |
| katmoody | 1 | 26 Jan 2018 | 26 Jan 2018 |
| xibodevelopment | 11 | 05 Sep 2018 | 24 Apr 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.
Widely adopted: 80,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
135 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 17% 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 425/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 80,000+ on 09 Aug 2026, from 90,000+. 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 | 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 | — | 45 | 90 | 73 | 180 | 425 | 262 | 122 | 136 | 169 | 160 | 128 | 103 | 127 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1,373) · active installs (80,000+) · version (3.14) · support threads (1) · 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 directory19 years ago 02 Sep 2007
Requires WP3.9
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.6 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 928 days (2.5 years). The last was 24 Apr 2024.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.5.14, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 6 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Tom Willmot publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 90,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 16 Oct 202513 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-04-24). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 24 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.14 released
- 23 Feb 20224.5 years agoVersion 3.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 27 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 3.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 08 Mar 20215.5 years agoVersion 3.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 05 Jul 20197 years agoVersion 3.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 10 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 3.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 01 Nov 20188 years agoVersion 3.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 01 Nov 20188 years agoVersion 3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 12 Sep 20188 years agoVersion 3.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 11 Sep 20188 years agoVersion 3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 05 Sep 20188 years agoVersion 3.6.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xibodevelopment.
- 26 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 3.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by katmoody.
- 20 Apr 20179.5 years agoVersion 3.6.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by pauldewouters.
- 03 Sep 200719 years ago111 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 03 Sep 2007 and 14 Dec 2016. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 02 Sep 200719 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 Tom Willmot for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2.5 years ago (24 Apr 2024).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 80,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,373 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.
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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