Plugin profile · observed daily since 18 Oct 2026
TheDock Media – Image Optimizer: Compress Images, Convert to WebP & AVIF
Active installs400+ rounded
Current authorTheDock
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release19 days ago 20 Oct 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record2
Rating5.0 /5 · 5
Added to directory12 Oct 2026
Requires WP6.7
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 TheDock throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 18 Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thedock | 1 | 12 Oct 2026 | 12 Oct 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.
Small but established: 400+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
162 downloads a day averaged over 13 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
19 Oct 2026peak 520/day31 Oct 2026
3 ratings left in the last 14 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5. Too few to compare against the lifetime average.
Install band rose to 400+ on 30 Oct 2026, from 300+. 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 | — | 47 | 72 | 202 | 520 | 211 | 109 | 304 | 111 | 99 | 131 | 83 | 85 | 135 |
| Ratings total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Active installs | 0+ | 20+ | 30+ | 50+ | 90+ | 100+ | 100+ | 200+ | 200+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 400+ | 400+ |
| Version | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 |
Unchanged throughout: support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
14 days of observation.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory27 days ago 12 Oct 2026
Requires WP6.7
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 20 Oct 2026, 19 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was 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.
- 27 Oct 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Oct 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 21 Oct 202618 days agoInstall band moved to 50+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Oct 202619 days agoVersion 1.0.2 released
- 20 Oct 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 30+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 19 Oct 202620 days agoInstall band moved to 20+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Oct 202621 days agoInstall band moved to fewer than 10Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Oct 202621 days 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.
- 12 Oct 202627 days agoVersion 1.0.1 released
- 12 Oct 202627 days 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 TheDock for all 14 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 19 days ago (20 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs.
- It carries 5 ratings, averaging 5.0 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.
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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