The week's largest handover: Reorder Posts – Quick Post Type and Page Ordering, at 10,000+ installs, moved from Ronald Huereca to Matt Cromwell on 23 Sep 2026, together with Reorder by Term (1,000+) and 2 more. All 4 records carry the full transfer evidence.
Other hands changed too: Simple Comment Editing (2,000+) moved from Ronald Huereca to David Stone on 19 Sep 2026. In all, 13 plugins changed hands across 10 handovers this week.
50 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: Tabs Responsive – With WooCommerce Product Tabs Extension (10,000+), Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More (7,000+), WowAddons – Product Addons and Product Options With Custom Fields (4,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.
17 plugins returned to the directory, led by Animation Addons for Elementor – Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets, GSAP Animations & Templates (10,000+) and Mang Board (8,000+).
After long silence: Sydney Toolbox, at 50,000+ installs shipped a release on 22 Sep 2026, at least 540 days after its previous one. 68 more did the same; the dormancy record has each.
The week in numbers
| Ownership transfers | 13 |
|---|---|
| Closures | 50 |
| Returns | 17 |
| Dormancy breaks | 69 |
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.