Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
List category posts
Active installs80,000+ rounded
Current authorFernando Briano
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 months ago 07 Jul 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record186
Rating4.7 /5 · 254
Added to directory16 Aug 2008
Requires WP3.3
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.8 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Fernando Briano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fernandobt | 186 | 16 Aug 2008 | 07 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: 80,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
317 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 26% 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 927/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 | — | 142 | 249 | 332 | 713 | 927 | 500 | 0 | 348 | 311 | 563 | 354 | 364 | 279 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (254) · active installs (80,000+) · version (0.96.0) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
90 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 directory18 years ago 16 Aug 2008
Requires WP3.3
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 07 Jul 2026, 124 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.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 1 of which was 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.
- 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.
- 07 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 0.96.0 released
- 14 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 0.95.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 16 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 0.94.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 05 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 0.93.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 29 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 0.93.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 16 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 0.92.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 15 May 202518 months agoVersion 0.91.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 18 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 0.90.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 16 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 0.90.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 15 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 0.90.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 14 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 0.90.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 10 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 0.89.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 10 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 0.89.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by fernandobt.
- 16 Aug 200818 years ago173 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 16 Aug 2008 and 20 Mar 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 16 Aug 200818 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 Fernando Briano for all 90 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 months ago (07 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 80,000+ active installs.
- It carries 254 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- No release in the 90 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.
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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