The week's largest handover: Cinza Slider, at 100+ installs, moved from Cinza Web Design to Razorfrog Web Design on 31 Oct 2026, together with Cinza Grid (50+). Both records carry the full transfer evidence.
In all, 6 plugins changed hands across 5 handovers this week.
19 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: Gravity PDF (20,000+), SchemaEngine AI – AI Schema Markup, Reviews & Rich Snippets for SEO (10,000+), SumUp Payment Gateway For WooCommerce (10,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.
4 plugins returned to the directory, led by Document Gallery (8,000+).
After long silence: WP Datepicker, at 6,000+ installs shipped a release on 30 Oct 2026, at least 540 days after its previous one. 15 more did the same; the dormancy record has each.
The week in numbers
| Ownership transfers | 6 |
|---|---|
| Closures | 19 |
| Returns | 4 |
| Dormancy breaks | 16 |
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.