Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WPScan – WordPress Security Scanner
Active installs8,000+ rounded
Current authorethicalhack3r
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release1 month ago 29 Sep 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record34
Rating3.8 /5 · 28
Added to directory02 Mar 2019
Requires WP6.9
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 ethicalhack3r 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| xFireFartx | 3 | 02 Mar 2019 | 07 Mar 2020 |
| erwanlr | 3 | 29 Jun 2019 | 12 Nov 2019 |
| ethicalhack3r | 24 | 14 Apr 2020 | 10 Aug 2021 |
| miguelxavierpenha | 2 | 31 Jan 2023 | 22 Oct 2023 |
| arsihasi | 1 | 12 Jan 2026 | 12 Jan 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: 8,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
110 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 24% 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 2,692/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 | — | 34 | 124 | 124 | 211 | 260 | 192 | 68 | 70 | 149 | 150 | 78 | 154 | 98 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (28) · active installs (8,000+) · version (1.17) · support threads (0) · 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 Mar 2019
Requires WP6.9
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Sep 2026, 40 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- ethicalhack3r 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.
- 29 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 1.17 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.
- 12 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 1.16 released
- 22 Oct 20233 years agoVersion 1.15.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by miguelxavierpenha.
- 31 Jan 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.15.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by miguelxavierpenha.
- 10 Aug 20215 years agoVersion 1.15.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 06 Jul 20215 years agoVersion 1.15.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 14 Jun 20215 years agoVersion 1.15.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 01 Jun 20215 years agoVersion 1.15.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 10 May 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.15.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 08 Apr 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 25 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.14.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 19 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.14.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 18 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.14.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 08 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by ethicalhack3r.
- 02 Mar 20197.5 years ago20 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 02 Mar 2019 and 08 Jan 2021. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 02 Mar 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 ethicalhack3r for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 1 month ago (29 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 8,000+ active installs.
- It carries 28 ratings, averaging 3.8 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
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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