Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Patreon WordPress
Active installs3,000+ rounded
Current authorpatreon
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release23 days ago 15 Oct 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record95
Rating3.4 /5 · 55
Added to directory05 Dec 2017
Requires WP4.9.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 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 patreon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| patreon | 12 | 05 Dec 2017 | 18 Mar 2026 |
| CodeBard | 80 | 29 Jan 2018 | 28 Jan 2025 |
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: 3,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
96 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 31% 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 1,983/day31 Oct 2026
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 | — | 127 | 129 | 110 | 136 | 121 | 113 | 72 | 94 | 97 | 81 | 23 | 237 | 71 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (55) · active installs (3,000+) · version (1.13.0) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
88 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 directory8.5 years ago 05 Dec 2017
Requires WP4.9.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 15 Oct 2026, 24 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- patreon 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.
- 15 Oct 202624 days agoVersion 1.13.0 released
- 13 Oct 202626 days agoVersion 1.12.0 released
- 10 Oct 202629 days agoReturned to the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin resumed returning data from the plugin API after a recorded closure. WordPress.org does not publish reasons for closures or reinstatements; none is asserted here.
- 08 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 1.11.0 released
- 07 Oct 20261 month 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.
- 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.
- 18 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.9.17 released
- 30 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 1.9.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 05 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 1.9.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 15 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 1.9.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 09 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 1.9.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 01 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 1.9.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 23 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 1.9.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 18 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 1.9.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 03 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 1.9.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 29 May 202517 months agoVersion 1.9.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 08 May 202518 months agoVersion 1.9.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by patreon.
- 28 Jan 202521 months agoVersion 1.9.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by CodeBard.
- 26 Dec 202422 months agoVersion 1.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by CodeBard.
- 05 Dec 20178.5 years ago79 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 05 Dec 2017 and 06 Dec 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 05 Dec 20178.5 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 patreon for all 88 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 23 days ago (15 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs.
- It carries 55 ratings, averaging 3.4 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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