WordPress Plugins · Maintenance Watch
posts 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) |
|---|---|---|
| HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) | 187 | 3 |
| Posts List | 157 | 3 |
| Posts Character Count Admin | 144 | 3 |
| Expire Sticky Posts | 139 | 2 |
| Post Lists View Custom | 131 | 2 |
| Quick Bulk Post & Page Creator | 123 | 2 |
| FD Footnotes Plugin | 121 | 2 |
| WP Missed Schedule Posts | 108 | 2 |
| Automatic Post Tagger | 104 | 2 |
| Customize Posts | 104 | 2 |
| Flexible Posts Widget | 104 | 2 |
| Page Tagger | 104 | 3 |
| Redirect | 104 | 2 |
| TypePad emoji for TinyMCE | 104 | 3 |
| WP Image Borders | 104 | 2 |
| WP Typograph Lite | 104 | 4 |
| WP To Top | 104 | 2 |
| Hierarchical HTML Sitemap | 97 | 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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