The week's largest handover: Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer, at 6,000+ installs, moved from Liton Arefin to Pixar Labs on 19 Aug 2026. The record carries the full transfer evidence.
Other hands changed too: a 3-plugin portfolio led by Shipping Simulator for WooCommerce (5,000+) moved from Luiz Bills to linknacional on 15 Aug 2026; a 2-plugin portfolio led by noindex SEO (3,000+) moved from Javier Casares to ROBOTSTXT.es on 19 Aug 2026; Media Tracker – Track Unused, Duplicate & Used Media (1,000+) moved from TheBitCraft to Rejuan Ahamed on 18 Aug 2026. In all, 19 plugins changed hands across 13 handovers this week.
41 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: Wordfence Login Security (60,000+), Send PDF for Contact Form 7 (9,000+), RT Mega Menu – Mega Menu Builder for Elementor & Gutenberg (8,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.
The week in numbers
| Ownership transfers | 19 |
|---|---|
| Closures | 41 |
| Returns | 0 |
| Dormancy breaks | 0 |
The record, in full
- The rolling transfer record: every handover of the trailing 90 days, with evidence.
- The dormancy record: plugins past 540 days without a release, most widely installed first.
- Closed in 2026: every plugin removed this year, last good record preserved.
This brief is assembled from the registry’s event records for the seven days shown. Every claim links to the record that carries its evidence.