Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Instantio — Side Cart & One-Page Checkout for WooCommerce
Active installs700+ rounded
Current authorThemefic
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release20 days ago 19 Oct 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record123
Rating4.5 /5 · 16
Added to directory26 Jan 2021
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Themefic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| psdtowpservice | 76 | 08 Feb 2021 | 26 Jun 2024 |
| mdshuvo | 1 | 12 Feb 2021 | 12 Feb 2021 |
| fida02 | 5 | 02 Dec 2021 | 12 May 2022 |
| themefic | 31 | 10 Jul 2024 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| mdashikul | 8 | 23 Mar 2025 | 16 Oct 2025 |
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: 700+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
33 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 55% 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 293/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 | — | 22 | 68 | 293 | 46 | 47 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 72 | 11 | 82 | 22 |
| Version | 3.3.36 | 3.3.36 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 | 3.3.37 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (16) · active installs (700+) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
60 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 directory5.5 years ago 26 Jan 2021
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 19 Oct 2026, 20 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- The same account maintains 6 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.
- 19 Oct 202620 days agoVersion 3.3.37 released
- 06 Sep 20262 months 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.
- 03 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.3.36 released
- 06 Aug 20263 months 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.
- 29 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 3.3.34 released
- 26 May 20265 months agoVersion 3.3.33 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 08 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 3.3.32 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 04 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 3.3.31 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 08 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 3.3.30 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 08 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.3.29 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 10 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 3.3.28 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 09 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 3.3.27 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 16 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 3.3.26 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mdashikul.
- 27 Aug 202514 months agoVersion 3.3.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mdashikul.
- 27 Aug 202514 months agoVersion 3.3.25 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mdashikul.
- 22 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 3.3.23 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mdashikul.
- 09 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 3.3.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themefic.
- 08 Feb 20215.5 years ago108 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 08 Feb 2021 and 18 Jun 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 26 Jan 20215.5 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 Themefic for all 60 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 20 days ago (19 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 700+ active installs.
- It carries 16 ratings, averaging 4.5 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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