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Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026 · CLOSED

Lightbox

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Archival record

This plugin no longer returns data from the WordPress.org plugin API. The figures below are the last known-good observation, frozen on 11 Sep 2026. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed, and none is inferred here.

Active installs600+ rounded
Current authorStefan Hüsges
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7.5 years ago 19 Feb 2019
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record10
Rating4.4 /5 · 9
Added to directory13 Apr 2016
Requires WP3.3
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag—
Tested up toWP 5.1.24 up to date

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Ownership

Held by Stefan Hüsges 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.

AccountReleasesFirstLast
DeusTron1016 Apr 201619 Feb 2019

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.

Small but established: 600+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.

6 downloads a day averaged over 2 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.

No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.

Install band fell to 600+ on 16 Aug 2026, from 700+. 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.

Field29 Aug30 Aug31 Aug01 Sep02 Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep
Downloads that day—01100011000011011

Unchanged throughout: ratings total (9) · active installs (600+) · version (1.2.5) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)

41 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 13 Apr 2016
Requires WP3.3
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag—

Is anyone still maintaining this?

  • No release in 2,819 days (7.7 years). The last was 19 Feb 2019.
  • Does not declare which WordPress version it has been tested against. A field the author sets themselves, so it is left blank rather than reported wrong.
  • Stefan Hüsges publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.

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.

  1. 12 Sep 20262 months ago
    Removed from the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin stopped returning data from the plugin API for three consecutive daily passes. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed; none is asserted here. The last known-good snapshot is frozen below as the archival record.
  2. 15 Aug 20263 months ago
    Install band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
  3. 02 Aug 20263 months ago
    Install band moved to 600+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
  4. 02 Aug 20263 months ago
    First 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.
  5. 12 Aug 20206 years ago
    Dormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2019-02-19). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
  6. 19 Feb 20197.5 years ago
    Version 1.2.5 released
  7. 05 Feb 20188.5 years ago
    Version 1.2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  8. 13 Dec 20178.5 years ago
    Version 1.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  9. 10 Nov 20178.5 years ago
    Version 1.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  10. 07 Jun 20179 years ago
    Version 1.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  11. 20 Apr 20179.5 years ago
    Version 1.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  12. 03 Apr 20179.5 years ago
    Version 1.1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  13. 06 Dec 20169.5 years ago
    Version 1.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  14. 17 Aug 201610 years ago
    Version 1.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.
  15. 16 Apr 201610 years ago
    Version 1.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by DeusTron.

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

  • The plugin stopped returning data from the WordPress.org API on 11 Sep 2026.
  • It has been held by Stefan Hüsges for all 41 days we have observed it.
  • It was last released 7.5 years ago (19 Feb 2019).
  • Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.1.24, which is current.
  • WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs.
  • It carries 9 ratings, averaging 4.4 out of 5.

What we don’t know yet

  • No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.

What can’t be known

  • Why it was closed. WordPress.org publishes no reason when a plugin is removed, and does not publish one later.
  • Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.

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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