Recorded daily since 02 Aug 2026
All 77,366 WordPress plugins, watched every day.
Who maintains each plugin, its release history, whether it has changed hands, and which alternatives exist. Built from a complete snapshot of the WordPress.org directory taken every day, including the plugins wordpress.org has since deleted.
Recent ownership transfers
Changes of the wordpress.org account behind a plugin, observed by comparing consecutive daily snapshots. Most transfers are ordinary; the classification records what could be established about each, not a motive.
| Observed | Plugin | Installs | Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | Cinza Slider | 100+ | Cinza Web Design → Razorfrog Web Design |
| 31 Oct 2026 | Simple Logo Carousel | 100+ | Tony V. Le → idesolutions |
| 31 Oct 2026 | Cinza Grid | 50+ | Cinza Web Design → Razorfrog Web Design |
| 31 Oct 2026 | Content Audit Exporter | 10+ | ideinteractive → idesolutions |
| 31 Oct 2026 | OrderFloor – Minimum Order & Quantity Limits for WooCommerce | fewer than 10 | OrderFloor.com → pluginsshop |
| 31 Oct 2026 | Svea Payments Finland for WooCommerce | fewer than 10 | Svea Maintainer → Nuutti-Iivari Merihukka / Svea |
| 30 Oct 2026 | Terms and Conditions per Product for WooCommerce | 700+ | Giannis Kipouros → The WP Garden |
| 30 Oct 2026 | DraftBridge: From Doc/Docx to Blog Post | 100+ | Vinay Patidar → SiteAuditHub |
| 29 Oct 2026 | گرویتی فرم فارسی | Persian Gravity Forms | 20,000+ | Hannan → PersianScript |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Privacy CAPTCHA for Cap | 100+ | Daniel Sturm → zirkel.design |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Regex Validation for Gravity Forms | 10+ | Daniel Sturm → zirkel.design |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Loginward – Email OTP for Administrators | fewer than 10 | Gurdev chand → The Vagabond |
The full rolling 90-day window
Widely installed plugins with long release gaps
Ranked by install band scaled by version lag, not by how long they have been quiet. Dormancy is a maintenance observation and says nothing about the owner.
| Plugin | Installs | Last release | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| WooCommerce Legacy REST API | 400,000+ | 14 Oct 2026 | — |
| Template Kit – Import | 400,000+ | 17 Sep 2026 | 6.4.14 |
| Limit Login Attempts | 300,000+ | 04 Apr 2023 | 6.2.15 |
| AMP | 300,000+ | 10 Apr 2025 | 6.8.12 |
| Layout Grid Block | 200,000+ | 11 Jul 2023 | 6.2.15 |
Browse
Two ways in, depending on what you already know.
By category
- 176 categories, each ordered by what has moved rather than by size.
- Dormant plugins, with the widely installed and badly out of date at the top.
- Closed plugins: the records wordpress.org deletes the day a plugin goes.
Research
- Who owns WordPress? Fifty accounts hold the majority of all counted installs.
- Bus factor and dormancy censuses, recomputed daily rather than written once.
- How this registry works, and what it cannot see.
What this is
What accumulates here
Anyone can mirror wordpress.org in an afternoon. What they cannot do is go back and watch it. One full snapshot a day, stored permanently and never overwritten; ownership history cannot be bought later.
How the data is collectedFacts, never intent
Records report published data and observable changes. Nothing here says a plugin is unsafe, or good, or bad. This registry does not rate plugins. It shows you what it found and lets you decide.
What is never publishedPlenty of sites pick a winner
This one reports what changed and when, with the evidence attached. No plugin is ranked, graded or marked down here, and no payment could buy it if it were.
What is never publishedFollow the registry
The registry, by email
One email a week: the weekly brief, covering every ownership transfer, closure, return and release after long silence observed across the directory. It publishes on the blog each Friday and reaches you the same day. Every mail has its own opt-out link.