Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
TinyPNG Image Optimization – Image Compression JPEG & PNG | Convert to WebP & AVIF
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorTinyPNG
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release26 days ago 13 Oct 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record57
Rating4.5 /5 · 181
Added to directory12 Feb 2015
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by TinyPNG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TinyPNG | 54 | 25 Apr 2015 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Tinify | 1 | 26 Jan 2022 | 26 Jan 2022 |
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: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
2,200 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 22% 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 37,457/day31 Oct 2026
6 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.5. Recent ratings are running above the lifetime figure.
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 | — | 1,363 | 2,686 | 3,212 | 3,634 | 4,456 | 2,410 | 1,026 | 1,085 | 1,979 | 1,832 | 1,006 | 6,976 | 1,496 |
| Ratings total | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 181 |
| Support threads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (100,000+) · version (3.8.1) · 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 12 Feb 2015
Requires WP4.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 13 Oct 2026, 26 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- TinyPNG publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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.
- 13 Oct 202626 days agoVersion 3.8.1 released
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 3.8.0 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.
- 30 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 3.7.0 released
- 15 May 20266 months agoVersion 3.6.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 29 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 3.6.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 16 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 3.6.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 16 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 3.6.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 16 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 3.6.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 05 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 3.6.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 28 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 3.6.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 22 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.6.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 17 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.6.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 03 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 3.6.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 20 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 3.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 24 Oct 202512 months agoVersion 3.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by TinyPNG.
- 25 Apr 201511 years ago42 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Apr 2015 and 16 Sep 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 12 Feb 201511 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 TinyPNG for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 26 days ago (13 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 181 ratings, averaging 4.5 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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