Plugin profile Β· observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail)
Active installs100+ rounded
Current authorPuvox Software
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 years ago 30 Oct 2024
Supportβ no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating5.0 /5 Β· 2
Added to directory19 Sep 2018
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.6 behind
Tested up toWP 6.5.14 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Puvox Software throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
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: 100+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
5 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 50% 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 17/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 100+ on 28 Sep 2026, from 90+. 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 | β | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (2) Β· active installs (100+) Β· version (2.08) Β· support threads (0) Β· 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 directory8 years ago 19 Sep 2018
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.6 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 740 days (2.0 years). The last was 30 Oct 2024.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.5.14, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 6 releases.
- The same account maintains 18 other plugins, 11 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 authorβs own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
- 27 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 100+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 pluginβs directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 23 Apr 20267 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-10-30). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 30 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 2.08 released
- 19 Sep 20188 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we donβt
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 Puvox Software for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 years ago (30 Oct 2024).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs.
- It carries 2 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
What we donβt 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.
What canβt be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the authorβs intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the pluginβs 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 doesnβt show. We donβt track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the pluginβs public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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