Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Document Gallery
Active installs8,000+ rounded
Current authorDan Rossiter
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release11 days ago 28 Oct 2026
Support1 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record94
Rating4.8 /5 · 112
Added to directory25 Aug 2012
Requires WP6.1
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 Dan Rossiter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dan.rossiter | 91 | 06 Jan 2013 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| demur | 2 | 04 Jun 2015 | 22 Jun 2015 |
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.
Moderately adopted: 8,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
98 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 76% 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 417/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 | 23 Sep | 24 Sep | 25 Sep | 26 Sep | 27 Sep | 28 Sep | 29 Sep | 30 Sep | 01 Oct | 02 Oct | 03 Oct | 04 Oct | 05 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 48 | 70 | 47 | 33 | 79 | 80 | 55 | 47 | 47 | 52 | 35 | 35 | 417 |
| Version | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.2 |
| Support threads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (112) · active installs (8,000+)
66 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 directory14 years ago 25 Aug 2012
Requires WP6.1
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 28 Oct 2026, 11 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 11 Dec 2016.
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.
- 31 Oct 20268 days agoReturned to the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin resumed returning data from the plugin API after a recorded closure. WordPress.org does not publish reasons for closures or reinstatements; none is asserted here.
- 28 Oct 202611 days agoVersion 5.1.2 released
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoRemoved from the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin stopped returning data from the plugin API for three consecutive daily passes. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed; none is asserted here.
- 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.
- 30 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 5.1.1 released
- 09 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 08 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 01 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 4.4.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 12 Nov 20178.5 years agoVersion 4.4.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 22 Jul 20179 years agoVersion 4.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 08 Jun 20179 years agoVersion 4.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 17 May 20179.5 years agoVersion 4.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 02 May 20179.5 years agoVersion 4.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 11 Dec 20169.5 years agoVersion 4.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 02 Oct 201610 years agoVersion 4.2.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 29 Aug 201610 years agoVersion 4.2.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 16 Aug 201610 years agoVersion 4.2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dan.rossiter.
- 06 Jan 201313 years ago80 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 06 Jan 2013 and 29 May 2016. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 25 Aug 201214 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 Dan Rossiter for all 66 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 11 days ago (28 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 8,000+ active installs.
- It carries 112 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 1 of 3 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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