{"id":27,"date":"2026-09-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/blog\/weekly-brief-2026-09-25\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:19:50","slug":"weekly-brief-2026-09-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/blog\/weekly-brief-2026-09-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Reorder Posts \u2013 Quick Post Type and Page Ordering changes hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-meta\">Observed 19 Sep 2026 to 25 Sep 2026<\/p>\n<p>The week's largest handover: <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/metronet-reorder-posts\">Reorder Posts \u2013 Quick Post Type and Page Ordering<\/a>, at 10,000+ installs, moved from Ronald Huereca to Matt Cromwell on 23 Sep 2026, together with <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/reorder-by-term\">Reorder by Term<\/a> (1,000+) and 2 more. All 4 records carry the full transfer evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Other hands changed too: <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/simple-comment-editing\">Simple Comment Editing<\/a> (2,000+) moved from Ronald Huereca to David Stone on 19 Sep 2026. In all, 13 plugins changed hands across 10 handovers this week.<\/p>\n<p>50 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/tabs-responsive\">Tabs Responsive \u2013 With WooCommerce Product Tabs Extension<\/a> (10,000+), <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/popup-maker-wp\">Popup Maker \u2013 Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder &amp; More<\/a> (7,000+), <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/product-addons\">WowAddons \u2013 Product Addons and Product Options With Custom Fields<\/a> (4,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.<\/p>\n<p>17 plugins returned to the directory, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/animation-addons-for-elementor\">Animation Addons for Elementor \u2013 Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets, GSAP Animations &amp; Templates<\/a> (10,000+) and <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/mangboard\">Mang Board<\/a> (8,000+).<\/p>\n<p>After long silence: <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/plugin\/sydney-toolbox\">Sydney Toolbox<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<h2>The week in numbers<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Ownership transfers<\/th>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Closures<\/th>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Returns<\/th>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Dormancy breaks<\/th>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>The record, in full<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/transfers\">The rolling transfer record<\/a>: every handover of the trailing 90 days, with evidence.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/dormant\">The dormancy record<\/a>: plugins past 540 days without a release, most widely installed first.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pluginspedia.com\/closed\/2026\">Closed in 2026<\/a>: every plugin removed this year, last good record preserved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This brief is assembled from the registry&rsquo;s event records for the seven days shown. 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