Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Active installs8,000+ rounded
Current authorNick Halsey
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 months ago 19 Jul 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record11
Rating4.7 /5 · 21
Added to directory17 Aug 2012
Requires WP3.3
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.8 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Nick Halsey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| celloexpressions | 11 | 17 Aug 2012 | 19 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: 8,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
32 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 73/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 8,000+ on 31 Oct 2026, from 9,000+. 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 | — | 22 | 22 | 22 | 34 | 73 | 44 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 44 | 57 | 33 | 33 |
| Active installs | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 8,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 9,000+ | 8,000+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (21) · version (4.2) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
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 directory14 years ago 17 Aug 2012
Requires WP3.3
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 19 Jul 2026, 113 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.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 23 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 19 Jul 2026.
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.
- 27 Oct 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 9,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Oct 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 8,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 9,000+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.
- 19 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 4.2 released
- 17 Sep 20233 years agoVersion 4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 28 Dec 201510 years agoVersion 4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 04 Sep 201313 years agoVersion 3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 06 Mar 201313 years agoVersion 3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 06 Mar 201313 years agoVersion 3.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 25 Jan 201313 years agoVersion 3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 25 Jan 201313 years agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 12 Dec 201213 years agoVersion 3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 11 Sep 201214 years agoVersion 2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 17 Aug 201214 years agoVersion 1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by celloexpressions.
- 17 Aug 201214 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 Nick Halsey for all 90 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 months ago (19 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 8,000+ active installs.
- It carries 21 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 1 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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