Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme
Active installs20,000+ rounded
Current authorWPPOOL
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release11 days ago 28 Oct 2026
Support2 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record153
Rating4.5 /5 · 391
Added to directory20 Jul 2020
Requires WP5.2
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by WPPOOL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wppool | 28 | 31 Aug 2020 | 19 Feb 2023 |
| princeahmed | 7 | 07 Apr 2021 | 28 Sep 2021 |
| azizultex | 103 | 27 May 2021 | 19 Jul 2026 |
| iamjafran | 8 | 06 Oct 2022 | 22 Sep 2024 |
| mahfuz01 | 1 | 28 Dec 2022 | 28 Dec 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.
Widely adopted: 20,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
2,373 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 453% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
17 Sep 2026peak 7,851/day31 Oct 2026
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 | — | 264 | 348 | 399 | 501 | 652 | 339 | 274 | 0 | 499 | 151 | 7,453 | 7,314 | 920 |
| Ratings total | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 391 | 391 | 391 |
| Version | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.19 | 5.3.20 | 5.3.21 | 5.3.21 | 5.3.21 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (20,000+) · support threads (3) · threads resolved (2)
50 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 directory6 years ago 20 Jul 2020
Requires WP5.2
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 28 Oct 2026, 11 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 2 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 14 other plugins, 9 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.
- 28 Oct 202611 days agoVersion 5.3.21 released
- 27 Oct 202612 days agoVersion 5.3.20 released
- 29 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 5.3.19 released
- 28 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 5.3.18 released
- 20 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 5.3.17 released
- 16 Sep 20262 months agoReturned to the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin resumed returning data from the plugin API after a recorded closure. WordPress.org does not publish reasons for closures or reinstatements; none is asserted here.
- 15 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 5.3.16 released
- 06 Aug 20263 months agoRemoved from the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin stopped returning data from the plugin API for three consecutive daily passes. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed; none is asserted here.
- 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.
- 19 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 5.3.10 released
- 24 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 5.3.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 09 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 5.3.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 5.3.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 25 May 20265 months agoVersion 5.3.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 09 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 5.3.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 01 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 5.3.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 16 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.3.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 10 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 26 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 5.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 22 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 08 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.2.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 04 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 5.2.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by azizultex.
- 31 Aug 20206 years ago134 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 31 Aug 2020 and 25 Nov 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 20 Jul 20206 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 WPPOOL for all 50 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 11 days ago (28 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 20,000+ active installs.
- It carries 391 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 2 of 3 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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