Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart
Active installs70,000+ rounded
Current authorxootix
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release27 days ago 11 Oct 2026
Support3 / 5 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record47
Rating4.9 /5 · 453
Added to directory24 Apr 2017
Requires WP3.0.1
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by xootix 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| xootix | 44 | 22 Jun 2017 | 21 Jun 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.
Widely adopted: 70,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
499 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 22% 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 20,408/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 70,000+ on 20 Oct 2026, from 80,000+. 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 | — | 404 | 628 | 687 | 827 | 820 | 624 | 442 | 386 | 611 | 0 | 839 | 659 | 559 |
| Ratings total | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 453 | 453 | 453 | 453 | 453 |
| Active installs | 80,000+ | 80,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ | 70,000+ |
| Support threads | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Threads resolved | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: version (2.8.2)
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 directory9.5 years ago 24 Apr 2017
Requires WP3.0.1
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 11 Oct 2026, 28 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 3 of 5 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 5 other plugins, 3 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.
- 11 Oct 202628 days agoVersion 2.8.2 released
- 01 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 2.8.1 released
- 31 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 2.8.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 80,000+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.
- 21 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.7 released
- 16 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 21 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 02 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 13 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 2.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 14 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 31 Aug 202514 months agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 19 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 2.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 18 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 2.6.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 18 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 2.6.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 10 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 2.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 02 May 202518 months agoVersion 2.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 30 Apr 202518 months agoVersion 2.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by xootix.
- 22 Jun 20179 years ago31 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 22 Jun 2017 and 19 Apr 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 24 Apr 20179.5 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 xootix for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 27 days ago (11 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 70,000+ active installs.
- It carries 453 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 3 of 5 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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