Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple Comment Editing
Active installs2,000+ rounded
Current authorDavid Stone
Owner changesChanged hands once
Last release2 months ago 11 Sep 2026
Support1 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record101
Rating4.8 /5 · 55
Added to directory04 Aug 2013
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by David Stone since 19 Sep 2026, when it last changed hands. 1 ownership change on record since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
We track the wordpress.org account behind each plugin. An owner renaming themselves is recorded as a rename, never as a transfer. How ownership changes are detected
19 Sep 2026
Custody change, one of 2 plugins
Ronald Huereca → David Stone. 2 plugins moved between the same two accounts between 08 Sep 2026 and 19 Sep 2026.
Plugins in the same group: wp-ajaxify-comments
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ronalfy | 100 | 05 Aug 2013 | 08 Mar 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: 2,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
33 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 36% 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 772/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 | — | 26 | 48 | 47 | 45 | 102 | 58 | 12 | 58 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 35 | 44 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (55) · active installs (2,000+) · version (3.4.0) · support threads (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 directory13 years ago 04 Aug 2013
Requires WP6.5
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 11 Sep 2026, 58 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 5 other plugins, 4 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.
- 19 Sep 20262 months agoCustody change, one of 2 pluginsRonald Huereca → David Stone. 2 plugins moved between the same two accounts between 08 Sep 2026 and 19 Sep 2026.
- 11 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 3.4.0 released
- 29 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 3.3.0 released
- 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.
- 01 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 27 Apr 202518 months agoVersion 3.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 11 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 3.0.33 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 28 Nov 202423 months agoVersion 3.0.32 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 03 Nov 20242 years agoVersion 3.0.31 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 26 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 3.0.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 26 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 3.0.30 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 25 Jun 20242 years agoVersion 3.0.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 15 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.0.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 08 Dec 20232.5 years agoVersion 3.0.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 25 Oct 20233 years agoVersion 3.0.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 14 Sep 20233 years agoVersion 3.0.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ronalfy.
- 05 Aug 201313 years ago87 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 05 Aug 2013 and 24 Aug 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 04 Aug 201313 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
- The wordpress.org account holding it changed once on 19 Sep 2026, to David Stone.
- 2 plugins moved between the same two accounts in the same window.
- It was last released 2 months ago (11 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs.
- It carries 55 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 1 of 2 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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