Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Variable Inspector
Active installs200+ rounded
Current authorBowo
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6 months ago 22 May 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record26
Rating5.0 /5 · 5
Added to directory13 Apr 2022
Requires WP4.8
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.8 WordPress is now on 7.1
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 Bowo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| qriouslad | 26 | 13 Apr 2022 | 22 May 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: 200+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
13 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 19% 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 25/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 200+ on 25 Oct 2026, from 100+. 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 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| Active installs | 200+ | 100+ | 200+ | 100+ | 100+ | 200+ | 100+ | 200+ | 200+ | 200+ | 200+ | 200+ | 200+ | 200+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (5) · version (2.7.1) · support threads (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 directory4.5 years ago 13 Apr 2022
Requires WP4.8
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 22 May 2026, 170 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.8, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins, 2 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.
- 24 Oct 202615 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 21 Oct 202618 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 20 Oct 202619 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 19 Oct 202620 days agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 15 Oct 202624 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 08 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 100+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 03 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 100+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.
- 22 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.7.1 released
- 16 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 2.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 17 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 2.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 13 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 20 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 2.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 05 Jul 20233 years agoVersion 2.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 27 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 2.4.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 22 May 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.4.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 15 May 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 24 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 16 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 15 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 11 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 2.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by qriouslad.
- 13 Apr 20224.5 years ago13 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 13 Apr 2022 and 09 Apr 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 13 Apr 20224.5 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 Bowo for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6 months ago (22 May 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs.
- It carries 5 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- 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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