7 Aug 2026

WP User Profile Restriction changes hands

The weekly brief: what changed across the WordPress plugin directory, covering ownership transfers, closures, returns and dormancy breaks

The week's largest handover: WP User Profile Restriction, at 500+ installs, moved from Shawon C. to TheInnovs on 04 Aug 2026. The record carries the full transfer evidence.

In all, 9 plugins changed hands across 7 handovers this week.

13 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: AI Copilot – Content Generator (1,000+). 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 9
Closures 13
Returns 0
Dormancy breaks 0

The record, in full

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.

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