Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
NHS Blocks
Active installs400+ rounded
Current authorNHS Leadership Academy Digital Team
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release11 days ago 28 Oct 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record48
Rating4.5 /5 · 2
Added to directory05 Sep 2019
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.2 behind
Tested up toWP 6.9.11 WordPress is now on 7.1
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 NHS Leadership Academy Digital Team 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tblacker | 15 | 05 Sep 2019 | 21 Dec 2020 |
| cehwitham | 19 | 03 Feb 2021 | 16 Apr 2024 |
| maheshmuralip | 12 | 30 Jul 2024 | 03 Aug 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.
Small but established: 400+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
60 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 375% 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 289/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 400+ on 24 Oct 2026, from 300+. 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 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 222 | 138 | 25 |
| Active installs | 400+ | 400+ | 300+ | 400+ | 400+ | 300+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ | 400+ |
| Version | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.4 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (2) · 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 directory7 years ago 05 Sep 2019
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.2 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 28 Oct 2026, 12 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.9.11, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 2 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin; the most recent update to any of them was 11 May 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.
- 28 Oct 202612 days agoVersion 1.4.4 released
- 23 Oct 202617 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 21 Oct 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Oct 202620 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Oct 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 17 Oct 202623 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 15 Oct 202625 days agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Oct 202626 days agoVersion 1.4.3 released
- 13 Oct 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 29 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 16 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 400+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 15 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 900+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 900+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 1.4.1 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 900+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.
- 14 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.4.0 released
- 20 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.3.25 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 09 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.3.24 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 25 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 1.3.23 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 29 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 1.3.22 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 06 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 1.3.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 23 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 1.3.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 26 Jun 202516 months agoVersion 1.3.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 25 Apr 202518 months agoVersion 1.3.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 25 Nov 202423 months agoVersion 1.3.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 30 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by maheshmuralip.
- 16 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.3.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cehwitham.
- 08 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.3.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by cehwitham.
- 05 Sep 20197 years ago32 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 05 Sep 2019 and 16 Jan 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 05 Sep 20197 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 NHS Leadership Academy Digital Team for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 11 days ago (28 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs.
- It carries 2 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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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