Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Custom Post Type UI
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorwebdevstudios
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 months ago 14 Jul 2026
Support2 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record95
Rating4.6 /5 · 276
Added to directory26 Feb 2010
Requires WP6.6
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 webdevstudios 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| williamsba1 | 4 | 25 Feb 2011 | 16 Apr 2014 |
| tw2113 | 72 | 20 Jun 2013 | 16 Dec 2022 |
| webdevstudios | 19 | 27 Mar 2023 | 14 Jul 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 widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
5,210 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 14,779/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 | — | 1,636 | 3,743 | 4,330 | 7,470 | 14,779 | 10,443 | 4,150 | 3,136 | 6,728 | 5,926 | 5,526 | 6,105 | 4,898 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (276) · active installs (1,000,000+) · version (1.19.3) · support threads (3)
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 directory16 years ago 26 Feb 2010
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 14 Jul 2026, 117 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.
- 2 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 11 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.
- 14 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 1.19.3 released
- 11 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.19.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 04 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.19.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 23 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.19.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 08 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 1.18.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 05 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 1.18.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 20 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 1.18.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 29 Jul 202515 months agoVersion 1.18.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 21 Apr 202519 months agoVersion 1.17.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 19 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 1.17.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 27 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 1.17.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 17 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 1.17.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 08 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.16.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by webdevstudios.
- 25 Feb 201115 years ago82 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Feb 2011 and 09 Nov 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 26 Feb 201016 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 webdevstudios for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 months ago (14 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 276 ratings, averaging 4.6 out of 5.
- 2 of 3 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.
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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