Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Zero Spam for WordPress
Active installs20,000+ rounded
Current authorHighfivery Studio
Owner changesChanged hands once
Last release16 days ago 23 Oct 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record153
Rating4.1 /5 · 143
Added to directory21 Jul 2014
Requires WP6.9
Requires PHP8.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Highfivery Studio since 23 Oct 2026, when it last changed hands. 1 ownership change on record since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
We track the wordpress.org account behind each plugin. An owner renaming themselves is recorded as a rename, never as a transfer. How ownership changes are detected
23 Oct 2026
Custody change
Ben Marshall → Highfivery Studio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bmarshall511 | 149 | 21 Jul 2014 | 16 Mar 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: 20,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
1,512 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 511% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
10 Sep 2026peak 6,958/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 | — | 92 | 228 | 221 | 278 | 833 | 0 | 6,958 | 0 | 1,016 | 645 | 505 | 1,196 | 264 |
| Version | 5.7.12 | 5.7.12 | 5.7.12 | 5.7.12 | 5.7.12 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 | 5.7.14 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (143) · active installs (20,000+) · support threads (1)
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 directory12 years ago 21 Jul 2014
Requires WP6.9
Requires PHP8.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 23 Oct 2026, 16 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- Highfivery Studio 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.
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoVersion 5.7.14 released
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoCustody changeBen Marshall → Highfivery Studio.
- 04 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 5.7.12 released
- 23 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 5.7.11 released
- 21 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 5.7.10 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.
- 16 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.5.8 released
- 12 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.7.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 06 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 06 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 5.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 18 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 06 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 04 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 5.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 27 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 5.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 27 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 5.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 23 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 5.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 21 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 5.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 20 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 5.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 16 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 5.5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by bmarshall511.
- 21 Jul 201412 years ago136 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 21 Jul 2014 and 07 May 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 Jul 201412 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
- The wordpress.org account holding it changed once on 23 Oct 2026, to Highfivery Studio.
- It was last released 16 days ago (23 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 143 ratings, averaging 4.1 out of 5.
- 1 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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