Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Melapress File Monitor
Active installs5,000+ rounded
Current authorMelapress
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 26 Aug 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record27
Rating4.1 /5 · 32
Added to directory02 May 2019
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP8.0
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 Melapress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPWhiteSecurity | 18 | 18 Jun 2019 | 17 Nov 2023 |
| melapress | 8 | 22 Feb 2024 | 20 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.
Moderately adopted: 5,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
57 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 28% 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 159/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 5,000+ on 30 Oct 2026, from 6,000+. 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 | — | 22 | 85 | 56 | 120 | 159 | 79 | 57 | 0 | 58 | 83 | 79 | 55 | 68 |
| Active installs | 6,000+ | 6,000+ | 6,000+ | 6,000+ | 6,000+ | 6,000+ | 6,000+ | 5,000+ | 5,000+ | 6,000+ | 5,000+ | 6,000+ | 5,000+ | 5,000+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (32) · version (2.4.0) · 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 directory7.5 years ago 02 May 2019
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP8.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 26 Aug 2026, 75 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 5 other plugins, 5 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.
- 29 Oct 202611 days agoInstall band moved to 6,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Oct 202612 days agoInstall band moved to 5,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Oct 202613 days agoInstall band moved to 6,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 25 Oct 202615 days agoInstall band moved to 5,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 2.4.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 6,000+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.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.3.0 released
- 04 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 2.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 10 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 2.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 13 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 2.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 08 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 2.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 30 Sep 20242 years agoVersion 2.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 10 Apr 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 22 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by melapress.
- 17 Nov 20232.5 years agoVersion 1.9.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WPWhiteSecurity.
- 30 Sep 20233 years agoVersion 1.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WPWhiteSecurity.
- 09 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WPWhiteSecurity.
- 03 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 1.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WPWhiteSecurity.
- 25 May 20224.5 years agoVersion 1.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WPWhiteSecurity.
- 18 Jun 20197 years ago13 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 18 Jun 2019 and 27 Jan 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 02 May 20197.5 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 Melapress for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (26 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 5,000+ active installs.
- It carries 32 ratings, averaging 4.1 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 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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