Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026

SRS Simple Hits Counter

Active installs8,000+ rounded
Current authorSandyRig
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 months ago 31 May 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating4.2 /5 · 6
Added to directory17 Dec 2014
Requires WP3.4
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.0 WordPress is now on 7.1

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Ownership

Held by SandyRig throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.

Full observed history, including every field transition

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: 8,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.

47 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 100/day31 Oct 2026
4.2
out of 5
6 ratings
5★467%
4★117%
3★00%
2★00%
1★117%

Opinion is split: 67% rate it five stars and 17% rate it one. An average alone would not show that.

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.

Field18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct30 Oct31 Oct
Downloads that day—333647551006856464556335934

Unchanged throughout: ratings total (6) · active installs (8,000+) · version (2.2.3) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (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 directory11 years ago 17 Dec 2014
Requires WP3.4
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.1 behind

Is anyone still maintaining this?

  • Last released 31 May 2026, 162 days ago.
  • Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.0, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
  • The same account maintains 1 other plugin, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 07 Jan 2025.

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.

  1. 02 Aug 20263 months ago
    First 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.
  2. 31 May 20265 months ago
    Version 2.2.3 released
  3. 17 Dec 201411 years ago
    Added 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 SandyRig for all 91 days we have observed it.
  • It was last released 5 months ago (31 May 2026).
  • Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.0; WordPress is now on 7.1.
  • WordPress.org reports 8,000+ active installs.
  • It carries 6 ratings, averaging 4.2 out of 5.

What we don’t know yet

  • No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
  • No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.

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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