Plugin profile · observed daily since 08 Nov 2026
Captain Media Shield
Active installsfewer than 10 rounded
Current authorDevang Vachheta
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6 days ago 07 Nov 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record4
Rating— no ratings yet
Added to directory03 Nov 2026
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Devang Vachheta throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 08 Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| devangvachheta | 4 | 03 Nov 2026 | 07 Nov 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 early-stage: fewer than 10 active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
19 downloads a day averaged over 5 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
09 Nov 2026peak 45/day13 Nov 2026
No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.
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 | 08 Nov | 09 Nov | 10 Nov | 11 Nov | 12 Nov | 13 Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 45 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (0) · active installs (0+) · version (1.0.3) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
6 days of observation.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory10 days ago 03 Nov 2026
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 07 Nov 2026, 7 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins, 6 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 08 Nov 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 08 Nov 20265 days 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.
- 07 Nov 20266 days agoVersion 1.0.3 released
- 06 Nov 20267 days agoVersion 1.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by devangvachheta.
- 04 Nov 20269 days agoVersion 1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by devangvachheta.
- 03 Nov 202610 days agoVersion 1.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by devangvachheta.
- 03 Nov 202610 days 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 Devang Vachheta for all 6 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6 days ago (07 Nov 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports fewer than 10 active installs.
What we don’t know yet
- Nobody has rated it. The first rating that arrives shows up here.
- 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.
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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