Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Shortcake (Shortcode UI)
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorDaniel Bachhuber
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7.5 years ago 16 Jan 2019
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record15
Rating4.1 /5 · 24
Added to directory18 Mar 2015
Requires WP4.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag2.1 behind
Tested up toWP 5.0.31 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Daniel Bachhuber 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| danielbachhuber | 10 | 18 Mar 2015 | 12 Nov 2015 |
| goldenapples | 5 | 18 Nov 2016 | 16 Jan 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: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
76 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 19% 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 226/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 | — | 23 | 48 | 79 | 167 | 226 | 91 | 22 | 33 | 86 | 91 | 83 | 104 | 115 |
| Support threads | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (24) · active installs (10,000+) · version (0.7.4) · 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 directory11 years ago 18 Mar 2015
Requires WP4.5
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag2.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 2,853 days (7.8 years). The last was 16 Jan 2019.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 5.0.31, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 21 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 9 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 10 Jan 2026.
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.
- 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 Jul 20206 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2019-01-16). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 16 Jan 20197.5 years agoVersion 0.7.4 released
- 12 Sep 20179 years agoVersion 0.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by goldenapples.
- 02 May 20179.5 years agoVersion 0.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by goldenapples.
- 16 Mar 20179.5 years agoVersion 0.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by goldenapples.
- 18 Nov 20169.5 years agoVersion 0.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by goldenapples.
- 12 Nov 201510 years agoVersion 0.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 09 Nov 201510 years agoVersion 0.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 07 Nov 201511 years agoVersion 0.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 26 Aug 201511 years agoVersion 0.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 22 Jun 201511 years agoVersion 0.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 27 Apr 201511 years agoVersion 0.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 08 Apr 201511 years agoVersion 0.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 06 Apr 201511 years agoVersion 0.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by danielbachhuber.
- 18 Mar 201511 years ago2 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 18 Mar 2015 and 18 Mar 2015. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 18 Mar 201511 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 Daniel Bachhuber for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7.5 years ago (16 Jan 2019).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.0.31; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 24 ratings, averaging 4.1 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.
What can’t be known
- 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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