Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Lazy Load for Comments
Active installs2,000+ rounded
Current authorJoel James
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 18 Sep 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record14
Rating4.7 /5 · 28
Added to directory21 Jul 2016
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Joel James 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| joelcj91 | 13 | 17 Nov 2016 | 24 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.
Moderately adopted: 2,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
26 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 39% 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 907/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 | 22 | 36 | 34 | 67 | 44 | 22 | 33 | 45 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 23 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (28) · active installs (2,000+) · version (2.1.0) · 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 directory10 years ago 21 Jul 2016
Requires WP6.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 18 Sep 2026, 51 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins, 4 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.
- 18 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 2.1.0 released
- 22 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.0.1 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.
- 25 May 20265 months agoVersion 2.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 09 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 1.0.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 22 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 1.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 14 Mar 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 14 Mar 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 27 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 19 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 22 Dec 20187.5 years agoVersion 1.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 10 Dec 20187.5 years agoVersion 1.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 26 Jun 20179 years agoVersion 1.0.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 08 Feb 20179.5 years agoVersion 1.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 17 Nov 20169.5 years agoVersion 1.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by joelcj91.
- 21 Jul 201610 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 Joel James for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (18 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs.
- It carries 28 ratings, averaging 4.7 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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