Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
External files in Media Library
Active installs500+ rounded
Current authorthreadi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release14 days ago 24 Oct 2026
Support6 / 7 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record34
Rating5.0 /5 · 4
Added to directory13 Sep 2023
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP8.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.2 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 threadi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| threadi | 30 | 13 Sep 2023 | 30 Aug 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.
Small but established: 500+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
91 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 19% 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 229/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 500+ on 13 Oct 2026, from 400+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | — | 194 | 85 | 53 | 44 | 107 | 229 | 177 | 220 | 0 | 116 | 58 | 34 | 34 |
| Ratings total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Version | 5.5.1 | 5.5.1 | 5.5.1 | 5.5.1 | 5.5.1 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 |
| Support threads | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Threads resolved | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (500+)
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 directory3 years ago 13 Sep 2023
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP8.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Oct 2026, 15 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.2, which is current.
- 6 of 7 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 9 other plugins, 5 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 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.
- 24 Oct 202615 days agoVersion 5.6.1 released
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoVersion 5.6.0 released
- 17 Oct 202622 days agoVersion 5.5.1 released
- 10 Oct 202629 days agoVersion 5.5.0 released
- 10 Oct 202629 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 09 Oct 202630 days agoInstall band moved to 500+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 08 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 500+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 30 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 5.4.0 released
- 16 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 5.3.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 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.
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 5.2.3 released
- 27 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 5.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 19 May 20266 months agoVersion 5.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 06 May 20266 months agoVersion 5.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 25 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 5.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 18 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 5.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 13 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 5.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 29 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 5.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 07 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 14 May 202518 months agoVersion 4.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 05 Apr 202519 months agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 02 Mar 202520 months agoVersion 3.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 15 Feb 202521 months agoVersion 3.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by threadi.
- 13 Sep 20233 years ago15 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 13 Sep 2023 and 26 Jan 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 13 Sep 20233 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 threadi for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 14 days ago (24 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.2, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs.
- It carries 4 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 6 of 7 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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