Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Widget Context
Active installs30,000+ rounded
Current authorKaspars
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release30 days ago 09 Oct 2026
Support2 / 4 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record30
Rating4.5 /5 · 98
Added to directory16 Jul 2009
Requires WP3.0
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 Kaspars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kasparsd | 27 | 16 Jul 2009 | 18 May 2026 |
| jamescollins | 2 | 21 Oct 2013 | 21 Oct 2013 |
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.
Widely adopted: 30,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
551 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 20% 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 7,141/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 30,000+ on 18 Aug 2026, from 40,000+. 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 | — | 244 | 485 | 530 | 733 | 878 | 0 | 692 | 298 | 430 | 440 | 235 | 1,405 | 356 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (98) · active installs (30,000+) · version (1.5.0) · threads resolved (2)
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 directory17 years ago 16 Jul 2009
Requires WP3.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 09 Oct 2026, 30 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 2 of 4 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 3 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.
- 09 Oct 202630 days agoVersion 1.5.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 40,000+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.
- 18 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.4.0 released
- 31 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 1.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 18 May 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 26 Aug 20206 years agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 24 Apr 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 23 Apr 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 02 Apr 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 04 Aug 20188 years agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 05 Jun 20188 years agoVersion 1.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 20 Jan 20188.5 years agoVersion 1.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 08 May 20179.5 years agoVersion 1.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 13 Jun 201610 years agoVersion 1.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 01 Nov 201412 years agoVersion 1.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by kasparsd.
- 16 Jul 200917 years ago16 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 16 Jul 2009 and 16 Jul 2014. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 16 Jul 200917 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 Kaspars for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 30 days ago (09 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs.
- It carries 98 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 2 of 4 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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