Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Login Widget With Shortcode
Active installs5,000+ rounded
Current authoraviplugins.com
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release4 months ago 11 Jul 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record81
Rating3.8 /5 · 29
Added to directory12 Feb 2014
Requires WP2.0.2
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 aviplugins.com 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| avi.megladon | 81 | 12 Apr 2014 | 11 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: 5,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
54 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 21% 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 119/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 5,000+ on 28 Aug 2026, from 6,000+. 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 | — | 23 | 34 | 58 | 63 | 90 | 0 | 81 | 22 | 68 | 33 | 69 | 47 | 57 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (29) · active installs (5,000+) · version (6.1.3) · 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 directory12 years ago 12 Feb 2014
Requires WP2.0.2
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 11 Jul 2026, 120 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 8 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 16 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 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 6,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 24 Aug 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 5,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 6,000+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.
- 11 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 6.1.3 released
- 25 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 6.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 10 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 6.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 14 May 20224.5 years agoVersion 6.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 28 Jun 20215 years agoVersion 6.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 23 Dec 20205.5 years agoVersion 6.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 07 Sep 20206 years agoVersion 6.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 17 Jul 20206 years agoVersion 6.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 12 Aug 20197 years agoVersion 6.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 17 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 6.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 01 Jun 20197 years agoVersion 6.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 30 May 20197 years agoVersion 6.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 20 Mar 20197.5 years agoVersion 6.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by avi.megladon.
- 12 Apr 201412 years ago68 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Apr 2014 and 08 Mar 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 12 Feb 201412 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 aviplugins.com for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 4 months ago (11 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 5,000+ active installs.
- It carries 29 ratings, averaging 3.8 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 91 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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