Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorSyed Balkhi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 17 Sep 2026
Support5 / 5 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record7
Rating4.5 /5 · 187
Added to directory01 Jul 2011
Requires WP5.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Syed Balkhi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| benjaminprojas | 2 | 15 Nov 2024 | 21 Nov 2024 |
| arnaudbroes | 2 | 23 Jul 2026 | 26 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: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,227 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 33% 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 48,133/day31 Oct 2026
22 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.5. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 07 Aug 2026 and 11 Sep 2026: 20 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers of Table of Contents Plus describe long, trouble-free use. 5 of 20 reviews mention using the plugin for years, including one noting 16 years of service, without failures or issues arising. 4 of 20 reviews say it works correctly or as expected, phrasing that ranges from working like a charm to being functional once set up. 3 of 20 reviews describe setup or use as simple and easy, pointing to straightforward defaults and available options. The remaining reviews offer brief praise without describing specific behavior.
- 5 of 20 mention using the plugin for years without failures or issues. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 4 of 20 describe the plugin as working correctly or as expected. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 3 of 20 describe setup or use as simple, easy, or straightforward. [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 | — | 533 | 903 | 1,043 | 2,976 | 4,328 | 2,432 | 1,802 | 1,604 | 1,224 | 1,154 | 782 | 1,085 | 941 |
| Ratings total | 185 | 185 | 185 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 |
| Support threads | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Threads resolved | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+) · version (202609.1)
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 directory15 years ago 01 Jul 2011
Requires WP5.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 17 Sep 2026, 52 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 5 of 5 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 99 other plugins, 47 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 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 202609.1 released
- 27 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 202608.2 released
- 20 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 202608.1 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.
- 26 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 202607.1 released
- 23 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 202607 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by arnaudbroes.
- 21 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 2411.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by benjaminprojas.
- 15 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 2411 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by benjaminprojas.
- 01 Jul 201115 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.
- 29 Sep 2023 · WordPress Table of Contents Plus plugin <= 2302 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilityPatchstack
- 20 Dec 2022 · WordPress Table of Contents Plus plugin < 2212 - Contributor+ Stored XSS vulnerabilityPatchstack
- Table of Contents Plus - Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & PagesWordPress.org
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 Syed Balkhi for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (17 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 187 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 5 of 5 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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