Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Free Product Samples for WooCommerce – Try Before You Buy, Request Samples by Mail
Active installs60+ rounded
Current authorDotstore
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 13 Aug 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record15
Rating3.7 /5 · 3
Added to directory10 Feb 2022
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP5.6
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 Dotstore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dots | 15 | 10 Feb 2022 | 13 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.
Very early-stage: 60+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
3 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 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 19/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 60+ on 24 Oct 2026, from 70+. 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 | — | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Active installs | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 70+ | 70+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ | 60+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · version (1.4.4) · support threads (0) · 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 directory4.5 years ago 10 Feb 2022
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 13 Aug 2026, 87 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.
- The same account maintains 21 other plugins, 17 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.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoInstall band moved to 70+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 70+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 01 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 70+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 12 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 05 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 31 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 30 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 24 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 15 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 1.4.4 released
- 08 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 07 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 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 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 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 1.4.3 released
- 16 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 1.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 23 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 1.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 24 Sep 20242 years agoVersion 1.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 19 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 03 May 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 15 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 24 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 1.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 27 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 04 Oct 20224 years agoVersion 1.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 26 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 16 Jun 20224 years agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 07 Jun 20224 years agoVersion 1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dots.
- 10 Feb 20224.5 years ago1 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 10 Feb 2022 and 10 Feb 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 10 Feb 20224.5 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 Dotstore for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (13 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 60+ active installs.
- It carries 3 ratings, averaging 3.7 out of 5.
What we don’t 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.
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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