The week's largest handover: گرویتی فرم فارسی | Persian Gravity Forms, at 20,000+ installs, moved from Hannan to PersianScript on 29 Oct 2026. The record carries the full transfer evidence.
Other hands changed too: Pinpoint Booking System – Legacy version (2,000+) moved from DOTonPAPER to Pinpoint World on 27 Oct 2026. In all, 14 plugins changed hands across 10 handovers this week.
77 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: DSGVO All in one for WP (10,000+), weMail – Email Marketing, Newsletters Builder & Email Automations for WooCommerce (10,000+), Schema App Structured Data (8,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.
22 plugins returned to the directory, led by HuCommerce | Magyar kiegészítések WooCommerce webáruházakhoz (9,000+) and BSK PDF Manager (7,000+).
After long silence: Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder, at 20,000+ installs shipped a release on 26 Oct 2026, at least 540 days after its previous one. 109 more did the same; the dormancy record has each.
The week in numbers
| Ownership transfers | 14 |
|---|---|
| Closures | 77 |
| Returns | 22 |
| Dormancy breaks | 110 |
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.