Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
SiteSEO – SEO Simplified
Active installs400,000+ rounded
Current authorSoftaculous
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 24 Sep 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record27
Rating4.0 /5 · 8
Added to directory29 Dec 2023
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Softaculous 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| softaculous | 25 | 17 Feb 2025 | 13 Jul 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: 400,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
993 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady 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 56,001/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 400,000+ on 20 Oct 2026, from 500,000+. 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 | — | 759 | 950 | 959 | 998 | 1,666 | 1,556 | 1,078 | 799 | 991 | 998 | 767 | 1,323 | 995 |
| Ratings total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Active installs | 500,000+ | 500,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ | 400,000+ |
Unchanged throughout: version (1.4.2) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
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 directory2.5 years ago 29 Dec 2023
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Sep 2026, 45 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 12 other plugins, 11 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.
- 24 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 1.4.2 released
- 14 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 1.4.1 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 500,000+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.
- 13 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 1.4.0 released
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 1.3.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 08 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 24 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 25 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 1.3.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 25 Dec 202510 months agoVersion 1.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 16 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 1.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 17 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 1.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 30 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 1.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 30 Sep 202513 months agoVersion 1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 08 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 1.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 04 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 1.2.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 22 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 1.2.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by softaculous.
- 17 Feb 202521 months ago12 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 17 Feb 2025 and 14 Aug 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 29 Dec 20232.5 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 Softaculous for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (24 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 400,000+ active installs.
- It carries 8 ratings, averaging 4.0 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 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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