WordPress Plugins · Maintenance Watch
admin plugins overdue for an update
Listed at 18+ months since the last release and 2+ major WordPress versions behind on tested compatibility, above an install floor. Counted from the release dates — no score, no ranking. As of 2026-07-29.
Leaderboard
| Plugin | Months since update | Tested-WP lag (majors) |
|---|---|---|
| Azigen | 211 | 4 |
| HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) | 187 | 3 |
| Admin Locale | 165 | 3 |
| Posts Character Count Admin | 144 | 3 |
| Floating Publish Button | 139 | 2 |
| Announcement Bar | 135 | 2 |
| Post Lists View Custom | 131 | 2 |
| Hide Plugins | 123 | 2 |
| Three Column Screen Layout | 115 | 2 |
| Add Logo to Admin | 104 | 2 |
| Admin in English | 104 | 3 |
| Audit Trail | 104 | 2 |
| Category Checklist Tree | 104 | 3 |
| Custom CSS Manager | 104 | 3 |
| Root Relative URLs | 104 | 3 |
| SEO Friendly Images | 104 | 2 |
| SubHeading | 104 | 2 |
| Theme Test Drive | 104 | 2 |
| Uber Login Logo | 104 | 2 |
| WP Hide Dashboard | 104 | 2 |
| WP Sanitize File Name Plus | 103 | 2 |
| Custom Meta Widget | 101 | 2 |
| Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG | 101 | 2 |
| Revision Control | 99 | 2 |
| Featured Galleries | 95 | 2 |
| ACF qTranslate | 93 | 2 |
| Announce from the Dashboard | 27 | 2 |
| WP Admin UI Customize | 20 | 2 |
Both figures above are counted from WordPress.org’s own plugin API: months since the plugin’s last release, and how many major WordPress versions its tested-up-to marker is behind. Nothing modeled, nothing estimated. See how we verify →
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