Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
External Links – nofollow, noopener & new window
Active installs90,000+ rounded
Current authorWebFactory
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 months ago 16 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record68
Rating4.3 /5 · 247
Added to directory27 Feb 2011
Requires WP4.2
Requires PHP7.2
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 WebFactory 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| freelancephp | 44 | 27 Feb 2011 | 04 Nov 2017 |
| WebFactory | 24 | 14 Jun 2019 | 24 Jul 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.
Widely adopted: 90,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
294 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 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 824/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 | — | 132 | 320 | 243 | 496 | 824 | 377 | 215 | 249 | 397 | 371 | 202 | 315 | 310 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Threads resolved | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (247) · active installs (90,000+) · version (2.66)
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 directory15 years ago 27 Feb 2011
Requires WP4.2
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 16 Aug 2026, 84 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 28 other plugins, 28 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.
- 16 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.66 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.
- 21 May 20266 months agoVersion 2.65 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 25 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 2.64 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 03 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 2.63 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 16 Apr 202519 months agoVersion 2.62 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 08 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 2.61 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 26 Mar 20242.5 years agoVersion 2.60 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 25 Oct 20233 years agoVersion 2.59 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 10 Aug 20233 years agoVersion 2.58 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 26 Dec 20223.5 years agoVersion 2.57 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 20 Nov 20223.5 years agoVersion 2.56 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 03 Nov 20224 years agoVersion 2.55 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 25 May 20224 years agoVersion 2.51 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by WebFactory.
- 27 Feb 201115 years ago55 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 27 Feb 2011 and 24 Jan 2022. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 27 Feb 201115 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 WebFactory for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 months ago (16 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs.
- It carries 247 ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5.
- 1 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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