Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Maintenance
Active installs1,000,000+ rounded
Current authorWebFactory
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 16 Aug 2026
Support5 / 5 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record65
Rating4.4 /5 · 869
Added to directory31 May 2012
Requires WP4.4
Requires PHP5.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by WebFactory 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fruitfulcode | 35 | 09 Aug 2012 | 21 Aug 2019 |
| wpreset | 1 | 19 Sep 2019 | 19 Sep 2019 |
| WebFactory | 29 | 12 Nov 2019 | 13 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.
Very widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
3,804 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 35% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
12 Sep 2026peak 11,683/day31 Oct 2026
11 ratings left in the last 81 days, averaging 1.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.4 (11 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are running below the lifetime figure, which an average built over years would hide.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 11 Jun 2026 and 08 Sep 2026: 19 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers writing about Maintenance largely focus on a recent update that many say broke or downgraded a plugin they once relied on, with 11 of 19 reviews describing this directly. Alongside that, 7 of 19 reviews call the redesigned interface confusing or overcomplicated, citing scattered settings and unclear navigation. 6 of 19 reviews complain that upsells or Pro-only restrictions now block basic functions like the admin toolbar menu. Separately, 5 of 19 reviews say they can no longer edit or customize the maintenance page text the way earlier versions allowed.
- 11 of 19 mention a recent update that broke or worsened the plugin. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
- 7 of 19 describe the redesigned interface as confusing or overcomplicated. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- 6 of 19 mention paid upsells or Pro-only features blocking basic functionality. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 5 of 19 mention losing the ability to edit or customize the maintenance page text. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Counted from the public review forum on 09 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
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 | — | 2,134 | 3,356 | 3,783 | 11,683 | 11,634 | 6,463 | 2,872 | 2,665 | 0 | 5,845 | 6,612 | 4,551 | 4,080 |
| Ratings total | 865 | 865 | 865 | 865 | 866 | 866 | 867 | 867 | 869 | 869 | 869 | 869 | 869 | 869 |
| Support threads | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Threads resolved | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+) · version (4.32)
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 directory14 years ago 31 May 2012
Requires WP4.4
Requires PHP5.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 16 Aug 2026, 85 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 5 of 5 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 28 other plugins, 28 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.
- 16 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 4.32 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.
- 30 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 4.31 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 19 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 4.30 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 02 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 4.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 05 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 4.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 14 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 4.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 31 Jul 202515 months agoVersion 4.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 16 Apr 202519 months agoVersion 4.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 10 Jan 202522 months agoVersion 4.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 13 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 4.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 17 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 4.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 13 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 4.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 15 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 4.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 09 Aug 201214 years ago52 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 09 Aug 2012 and 03 Jun 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 31 May 201214 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 18 Jun 2026 · Maintenance 4.30 changelog: complete rewrite with new drag-and-drop builderFruitful Code (plugin changelog)
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 WebFactory for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (16 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 869 ratings, averaging 4.4 out of 5.
- 5 of 5 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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