Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes
Active installs300,000+ rounded
Current authorPär Thernström
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release22 days ago 17 Oct 2026
Support3 / 4 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record236
Rating4.9 /5 · 491
Added to directory08 Jul 2010
Requires WP6.3
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 Pär Thernström 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eskapism | 230 | 16 Jul 2010 | 05 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.
Very widely adopted: 300,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
6,449 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 73% 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 102,504/day31 Oct 2026
8 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 02 Jul 2026 and 06 Sep 2026: 11 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers largely describe Simple History as an audit trail for the site: 4 of 11 reviews credit it with letting them trace what changed and who was responsible when something breaks, even after using it for years without needing to check it often. 3 of 11 reviews call the plugin simple or easy to install, configure, and use, describing it as too simple not to use. A further 3 of 11 mention running it across multiple client sites or projects, with one saying it earns a place in every new build.
- 4 of 11 mention using the log to trace or check what happened on the site. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 3 of 11 describe the plugin as simple or easy to install, configure, or use. [1] [2] [3]
- 3 of 11 mention running the plugin across multiple client sites or projects. [1] [2] [3]
Counted from the public review forum on 14 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
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 | — | 93,092 | 25,172 | 14,206 | 13,713 | 11,821 | 7,564 | 3,205 | 3,156 | 6,781 | 0 | 9,473 | 17,592 | 4,935 |
| Support threads | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Threads resolved | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (491) · active installs (300,000+) · version (5.36.0)
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 directory16 years ago 08 Jul 2010
Requires WP6.3
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 17 Oct 2026, 22 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 3 of 4 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 11 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.
- 17 Oct 202622 days agoVersion 5.36.0 released
- 07 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 5.35.0 released
- 28 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 5.34.0 released
- 16 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 5.33.0 released
- 05 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 5.32.0 released
- 26 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 5.31.0 released
- 05 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 5.30.0 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.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 5.29.0 released
- 19 May 20266 months agoVersion 5.28.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 06 May 20266 months agoVersion 5.27.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 12 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 5.26.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 30 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 5.25.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 14 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.24.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 10 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.24.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 21 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.23.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 16 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.23.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 18 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.22.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 16 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.21.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 02 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.20.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 29 Nov 202511 months agoVersion 5.19.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by eskapism.
- 16 Jul 201016 years ago216 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 16 Jul 2010 and 04 Nov 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 08 Jul 201016 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 02 Jun 2026 · Critical Access Control Flaw in Simple HistoryWP-Firewall
- 08 Apr 2026 · CVE-2026-39473 — Simple History Sensitive Data ExposureCyberStrike
- 06 Jun 2025 · Sensitive Data Exposure in WordPress Simple History PluginPatchstack
- 02 Feb 2023 · CSV Injection in WordPress Simple History PluginPatchstack
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 Pär Thernström for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 22 days ago (17 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 300,000+ active installs.
- It carries 491 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 3 of 4 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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