Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Pretty Simple Popup Builder
Active installs300+ rounded
Current author5 Star Plugins (Rob)
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release25 days ago 14 Oct 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record10
Rating4.0 /5 · 1
Added to directory12 Mar 2022
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by 5 Star Plugins (Rob) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5starplugins | 9 | 13 Feb 2025 | 25 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: 300+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
15 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 28% 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 121/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 300+ on 23 Oct 2026, from 200+. 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 | — | 23 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 11 |
| Active installs | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 200+ | 200+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (1) · version (2.2.1) · support threads (0) · 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 directory4.5 years ago 12 Mar 2022
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 14 Oct 2026, 26 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- The same account maintains 7 other plugins, 6 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
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.
- 21 Oct 202618 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Oct 202621 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 17 Oct 202622 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Oct 202625 days agoVersion 2.2.1 released
- 12 Oct 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 2.2 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 200+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.
- 27 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 2.1.1 released
- 20 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 25 Jul 202515 months agoVersion 2.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 22 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 2.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 26 Jun 202516 months agoVersion 2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 22 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 15 Apr 202519 months agoVersion 1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 13 Feb 202521 months agoVersion 1.0.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by 5starplugins.
- 12 Mar 20224.5 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 5 Star Plugins (Rob) for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 25 days ago (14 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 300+ active installs.
- It carries 1 rating, averaging 4.0 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.
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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