Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising
Active installs800+ rounded
Current authorjjlemstra
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 05 Oct 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record34
Rating4.8 /5 · 43
Added to directory15 Apr 2018
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by jjlemstra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nielscorver | 33 | 02 Oct 2019 | 12 Nov 2025 |
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: 800+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
19 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 34% 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 539/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 800+ on 26 Oct 2026, from 700+. 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 | — | 23 | 34 | 22 | 44 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| Active installs | 800+ | 700+ | 700+ | 700+ | 800+ | 800+ | 800+ | 700+ | 800+ | 800+ | 800+ | 800+ | 800+ | 800+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (43) · version (4.0.18) · 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 directory8.5 years ago 15 Apr 2018
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 05 Oct 2026, 34 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- jjlemstra publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
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.
- 25 Oct 202614 days agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 19 Oct 202620 days agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 14 Oct 202625 days agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 11 Oct 202628 days agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 10 Oct 202629 days agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 07 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 05 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 4.0.18 released
- 05 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 04 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 800+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.
- 12 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 4.0.17 released
- 12 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 4.0.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 19 Aug 202515 months agoVersion 4.0.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 27 May 202517 months agoVersion 4.0.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 28 Apr 202518 months agoVersion 4.0.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 19 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 4.0.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 06 Dec 202423 months agoVersion 4.0.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 13 Nov 20241.5 years agoVersion 4.0.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 17 Sep 20242 years agoVersion 4.0.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 09 Sep 20242 years agoVersion 4.0.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 12 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 4.0.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 19 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 4.0.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 04 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 4.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by nielscorver.
- 02 Oct 20197 years ago20 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 02 Oct 2019 and 12 Jun 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 15 Apr 20188.5 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 jjlemstra for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (05 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 800+ active installs.
- It carries 43 ratings, averaging 4.8 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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