Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Catch Web Tools
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorCatch Themes
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 months ago 26 May 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record57
Rating5.0 /5 · 3
Added to directory01 Nov 2013
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.8 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginsPedia 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 Catch Themes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| catchthemes | 55 | 01 Nov 2013 | 26 May 2026 |
| pratikshrestha | 2 | 23 Dec 2015 | 15 Feb 2016 |
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: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
60 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 26% 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 160/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 | — | 45 | 56 | 57 | 115 | 160 | 96 | 60 | 71 | 0 | 124 | 36 | 59 | 68 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · active installs (10,000+) · version (3.3) · 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 directory13 years ago 01 Nov 2013
Requires WP5.9
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 26 May 2026, 166 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.8, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- The same account maintains 12 other plugins, 1 of which was 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.
- 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.
- 26 May 20265 months agoVersion 3.3 released
- 11 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 05 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 13 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 28 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 3.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 20 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 13 May 202518 months agoVersion 2.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 17 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 15 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 2.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 19 Nov 20223.5 years agoVersion 2.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 14 Apr 20224.5 years agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 21 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 18 Sep 20215 years agoVersion 2.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by catchthemes.
- 01 Nov 201313 years ago44 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 01 Nov 2013 and 17 Aug 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 01 Nov 201313 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 Catch Themes for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5 months ago (26 May 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ 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.
- 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.
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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