Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026 · CLOSED
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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 19 Oct 2026. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed, and none is inferred here.
Active installs7,000+ rounded
Current authorRoland Barker
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 31 Jul 2026
Support0 / 4 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record312
Rating4.9 /5 · 320
Added to directory03 Jan 2012
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP8.0
Version lag—
Tested up toWP 7.0.7 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Roland Barker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| xnau | 312 | 15 Jan 2012 | 31 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.
Moderately adopted: 7,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
53 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 116/day19 Oct 2026
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 | 06 Oct | 07 Oct | 08 Oct | 09 Oct | 10 Oct | 11 Oct | 12 Oct | 13 Oct | 14 Oct | 15 Oct | 16 Oct | 17 Oct | 18 Oct | 19 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 35 | 61 | 70 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 0 | 103 | 70 | 71 | 35 | 57 | 34 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (320) · active installs (7,000+) · version (2.7.8.5) · support threads (4) · threads resolved (0)
79 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 03 Jan 2012
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP8.0
Version lag—
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 31 Jul 2026, 100 days ago.
- 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.
- 0 of 4 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Roland Barker 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.
- 20 Oct 202619 days 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.
- 31 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 2.7.8.5 released
- 14 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.7.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 12 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.7.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 10 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.7.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 04 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 2.7.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 03 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 2.7.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 09 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 2.7.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 25 Sep 202513 months agoVersion 2.7.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 15 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 2.7.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 13 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 2.7.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 12 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 2.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 12 May 202518 months agoVersion 2.7.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 11 May 202518 months agoVersion 2.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xnau.
- 15 Jan 201214 years ago299 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 15 Jan 2012 and 30 Apr 2025. 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 19 Oct 2026.
- It has been held by Roland Barker for all 79 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (31 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.7, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 7,000+ active installs.
- It carries 320 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 0 of 4 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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.
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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