The week's largest handover: Gateway Zibal for WooCommerce, at 7,000+ installs, moved from Mohammad Zamanzadeh to zibal on 14 Oct 2026, together with Zibal Payment Gateway for Gravity Forms (300+) and 3 more. All 5 records carry the full transfer evidence.
Other hands changed too: Custom Global Variables (5,000+) moved from akirak to oden7777 on 14 Oct 2026; OpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin (1,000+) moved from Daniel López Sánchez to WordPress.org on 16 Oct 2026. In all, 19 plugins changed hands across 11 handovers this week.
63 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX (30,000+), Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form (5,000+), News Kit Addons For Elementor (4,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.
23 plugins returned to the directory, led by Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Solution! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More (40,000+) and SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar (30,000+).
After long silence: WooCommerce Legacy REST API, at 400,000+ installs shipped a release on 14 Oct 2026, at least 540 days after its previous one. 112 more did the same; the dormancy record has each.
The week in numbers
| Ownership transfers | 19 |
|---|---|
| Closures | 63 |
| Returns | 23 |
| Dormancy breaks | 113 |
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.