Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Fuse Social Icons
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorDaniyal Ahmed (a11n)
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 12 Sep 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record31
Rating4.6 /5 · 58
Added to directory05 May 2015
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.8 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Daniyal Ahmed (a11n) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| daniyalahmedk | 29 | 09 Mar 2019 | 02 Jul 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.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
86 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 15% 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 3,382/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 | — | 60 | 91 | 99 | 106 | 158 | 135 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 111 | 57 | 111 | 91 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (58) · active installs (10,000+) · version (6.0.1) · 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 directory11 years ago 05 May 2015
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 12 Sep 2026, 58 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.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Daniyal Ahmed (a11n) 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.
- 12 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 6.0.1 released
- 08 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 6.0.0 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.
- 02 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 5.4.13 released
- 16 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 5.4.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 06 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 5.4.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 03 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 5.4.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 22 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 5.4.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 10 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 5.4.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 29 Mar 20233.5 years agoVersion 5.4.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 03 Nov 20224 years agoVersion 5.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 17 Aug 20224 years agoVersion 5.4.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 21 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 5.4.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 19 Mar 20224.5 years agoVersion 5.4.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 26 Feb 20224.5 years agoVersion 5.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 25 Jan 20224.5 years agoVersion 5.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by daniyalahmedk.
- 09 Mar 20197.5 years ago16 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 09 Mar 2019 and 11 Oct 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 05 May 201511 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 Daniyal Ahmed (a11n) for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (12 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 58 ratings, averaging 4.6 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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Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Fuse Social Icons: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.