Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Disqus Comment System
Active installs30,000+ rounded
Current authorDisqus
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release16 days ago 22 Oct 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record68
Rating2.7 /5 · 219
Added to directory28 Aug 2008
Requires WP4.4
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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 Disqus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disqus | 49 | 28 Aug 2008 | 15 Jan 2026 |
| ryanv12 | 15 | 20 Jun 2014 | 25 May 2018 |
| webrender | 1 | 07 Oct 2016 | 07 Oct 2016 |
| iamfrancisyo | 1 | 14 Apr 2017 | 14 Apr 2017 |
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: 30,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
793 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 58% 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 10,733/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 | — | 176 | 311 | 391 | 358 | 1,057 | 10,733 | 618 | 582 | 861 | 0 | 1,032 | 1,939 | 521 |
| Version | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (219) · active installs (30,000+) · 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 directory18 years ago 28 Aug 2008
Requires WP4.4
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 22 Oct 2026, 17 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Disqus 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.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoVersion 3.1.6 released
- 23 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.1.5 released
- 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.
- 15 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 3.1.4 released
- 24 Jun 202516 months agoVersion 3.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 07 Nov 20242 years agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 02 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 01 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 10 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.0.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 10 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.0.24.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 19 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 3.0.23 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 26 May 20215 years agoVersion 3.0.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 01 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 3.0.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 29 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 3.0.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 11 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 3.0.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 11 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 3.0.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Disqus.
- 28 Aug 200818 years ago53 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 28 Aug 2008 and 04 Mar 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 28 Aug 200818 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 Disqus for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 16 days ago (22 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs.
- It carries 219 ratings, averaging 2.7 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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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