Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Smart User Slug Hider
Active installs2,000+ rounded
Current authorWP User Manager
Owner changesChanged hands once
Last release15 days ago 24 Oct 2026
Support3 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record3
Rating4.9 /5 · 55
Added to directory02 Oct 2014
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP5.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by WP User Manager since 22 Oct 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
22 Oct 2026
Custody change, one of 3 plugins
Peter Raschendorfer → WP User Manager. 3 plugins moved between the same two accounts on 22 Oct 2026.
Plugins in the same group: smart-archive-page-remove, smart-custom-display-name
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| petersplugins | 1 | 17 Apr 2024 | 17 Apr 2024 |
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.
496 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 2378% 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 1,497/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 2,000+ on 09 Oct 2026, from 3,000+. 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 | — | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 62 | 1,497 | 1,283 | 201 | 93 | 96 | 169 | 130 |
| Version | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (55) · active installs (2,000+)
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 directory12 years ago 02 Oct 2014
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHP5.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 24 Oct 2026, 15 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 3 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins, 6 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.
- 24 Oct 202615 days agoVersion 4.0.8 released
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoVersion 4.0.7 released
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoReleased after a long silenceA new release arrived 919 days after the previous one (2024-04-17). A break in dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the release or the owner.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoCustody change, one of 3 pluginsPeter Raschendorfer → WP User Manager. 3 plugins moved between the same two accounts on 22 Oct 2026.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 3,000+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.
- 09 Oct 202513 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-04-17). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 17 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 4.0.6 released
- 02 Oct 201412 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 22 Oct 2026, to WP User Manager.
- 3 plugins moved between the same two accounts in the same window.
- It was last released 15 days ago (24 Oct 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 4.9 out of 5.
- 3 of 3 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
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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