The week's largest handover: Zero Spam for WordPress<\/a>, at 20,000+ installs, moved from Ben Marshall to Highfivery Studio on 23 Oct 2026. The record carries the full transfer evidence.<\/p>\n Other hands changed too: a 2-plugin portfolio led by Custom Icons for Elementor and WPBakery<\/a> (10,000+) moved from gdprcompliancewp to Mortgage Calculator on 21 Oct 2026; Wp-Insert<\/a> (9,000+) moved from Namith Jawahar to Broadstreet on 22 Oct 2026; a 4-plugin portfolio led by Smart Archive Page Remove<\/a> (6,000+) moved from Peter Raschendorfer to WP User Manager on 23 Oct 2026. In all, 53 plugins changed hands across 28 handovers this week.<\/p>\n 69 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: HuCommerce | Magyar kieg\u00e9sz\u00edt\u00e9sek WooCommerce web\u00e1ruh\u00e1zakhoz<\/a> (9,000+), WP PageNavi Style<\/a> (8,000+), Participants Database<\/a> (7,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.<\/p>\n 18 plugins returned to the directory, led by Hyyan Integration for WooCommerce and Polylang<\/a> (8,000+) and Checkout Files Upload for WooCommerce<\/a> (7,000+).<\/p>\n