Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Optimize Scripts & Styles
Active installs50+ rounded
Current authorSean Michaud
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 months ago 20 Apr 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record17
Rating5.0 /5 · 2
Added to directory20 Jun 2018
Requires WP6.1
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.3 behind
Tested up toWP 6.8.12 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 Sean Michaud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| seismicpixels | 17 | 20 Jun 2018 | 20 Apr 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 early-stage: 50+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
5 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 50% 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 13/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 50+ on 28 Oct 2026, from 60+. 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 | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Active installs | 40+ | 40+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ | 40+ | 60+ | 60+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ | 50+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (2) · version (1.9.7) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
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 directory8 years ago 20 Jun 2018
Requires WP6.1
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.3 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 Apr 2026, 202 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.8.12, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 3 releases.
- Sean Michaud 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.
- 26 Oct 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Oct 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Oct 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 17 Oct 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 15 Oct 202624 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Oct 202625 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 13 Oct 202626 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 12 Oct 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 40+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 05 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 04 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 01 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 30 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 29 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 70+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 21 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 60+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 70+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.
- 20 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.9.7 released
- 30 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 1.9.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 08 May 20242.5 years agoVersion 1.9.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 19 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 03 Aug 20215 years agoVersion 1.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 23 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.9.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 26 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.9.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 28 Feb 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 21 Nov 20196.5 years agoVersion 1.8.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 31 Oct 20188 years agoVersion 1.8.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 10 Sep 20188 years agoVersion 1.8.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 10 Aug 20188 years agoVersion 1.8.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 09 Aug 20188 years agoVersion 1.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by seismicpixels.
- 20 Jun 20188 years ago4 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 20 Jun 2018 and 10 Jul 2018. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 20 Jun 20188 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 Sean Michaud for all 90 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 months ago (20 Apr 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 50+ active installs.
- It carries 2 ratings, averaging 5.0 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.
- 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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