WordPress plugin research
Know which WordPress plugins are becoming a risk.
StaleWP tracks the WordPress plugin directory and tells you which plugins have gone quiet, which are falling behind, and what to do about them.
43
Replace now
10,000+ installs, no update for 2+ years and a second warning sign.
49
Plan a move
No update for 2+ years, with 50,000+ installs or a job the site depends on. Or a public advisory with no fix listed.
8
Watch
100,000+ installs and no update for 1–2 years.
0
Recovered
Updated again after being listed. Starts with Edition 2.
Replace now43
Quiet 38 · Falling behind 5
Plan a move49
Quiet 32 · Falling behind 17
Watch8
Quiet 8 · Falling behind 0
Recovered0
Quiet 0 · Falling behind 0
Placements are our opinion, based on public evidence. Risk here means a plugin may not get a fix if a problem appears. It doesn’t mean we found a flaw, unless we show an advisory. Going quiet alone never puts a plugin in Replace now.
WordPress.org directory · as of 2026-10-31
77,501
plugins listed on WordPress.org
46,423
not updated in the last six months
161
plugins with 10,000+ installs and no update in 2+ years
19,195
new plugins added in 2026
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