Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026 · CLOSED
OptionTree
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 03 Sep 2026. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed, and none is inferred here.
Active installs50,000+ rounded
Current authorDerek Herman
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7.5 years ago 19 May 2019
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record61
Rating4.7 /5 · 105
Added to directory19 Oct 2010
Requires WP3.8
Requires PHP5.3.0
Version lag—
Tested up toWP 5.2.26 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 Derek Herman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| valendesigns | 61 | 07 Nov 2010 | 19 May 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.
Widely adopted: 50,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
No ratings on record, so there is no sentiment to report.
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 | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 44 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 45 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 45 | 22 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (105) · active installs (50,000+) · version (2.7.3) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
33 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 directory16 years ago 19 Oct 2010
Requires WP3.8
Requires PHP5.3.0
Version lag—
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 2,730 days (7.5 years). The last was 19 May 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.
- Derek Herman 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.
- 04 Sep 20262 months agoRemoved 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.
- 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.
- 09 Nov 20205.5 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2019-05-19). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 19 May 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.7.3 released
- 16 May 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 16 May 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 16 Apr 20197.5 years agoVersion 2.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 10 Feb 201610 years agoVersion 2.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 01 May 201511 years agoVersion 2.5.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 22 Apr 201511 years agoVersion 2.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 10 Apr 201511 years agoVersion 2.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 31 Mar 201511 years agoVersion 2.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 14 Feb 201511 years agoVersion 2.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 14 Feb 201511 years agoVersion 2.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 21 Nov 201411 years agoVersion 2.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 17 Nov 201411 years agoVersion 2.4.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by valendesigns.
- 07 Nov 201016 years ago48 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 07 Nov 2010 and 10 Nov 2014. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
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 03 Sep 2026.
- It has been held by Derek Herman for all 33 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7.5 years ago (19 May 2019).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.2.26, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 50,000+ active installs.
- It carries 105 ratings, averaging 4.7 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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