WordPress Plugins · Maintenance Watch
post 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Shortcodes | 207 | 4 |
| HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) | 187 | 3 |
| Floating Publish Button | 139 | 2 |
| WP Emmet | 137 | 2 |
| Magyar Video Embed | 131 | 2 |
| Post Lists View Custom | 131 | 2 |
| Quick Bulk Post & Page Creator | 123 | 2 |
| Better REST API Featured Images | 119 | 2 |
| Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus | 104 | 3 |
| Automatic Post Tagger | 104 | 2 |
| Category Sticky Post | 104 | 2 |
| Custom Post Template | 104 | 3 |
| Disable Author Pages | 104 | 2 |
| Disable Title | 104 | 2 |
| Featured Video Plus | 104 | 2 |
| HeadSpace2 SEO | 104 | 3 |
| Master Post Advert | 104 | 2 |
| PageView | 104 | 2 |
| Permalink Editor | 104 | 3 |
| Preserve Editor Scroll Position | 104 | 3 |
| Like This | 104 | 3 |
| SEO Friendly Images | 104 | 2 |
| WP Image Borders | 104 | 2 |
| WP Typograph Lite | 104 | 4 |
| WP To Top | 104 | 2 |
| Revision Control | 99 | 2 |
| WP Post Branches | 99 | 2 |
| Hide Featured Image | 98 | 2 |
| Tools for Twitter | 76 | 3 |
| 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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