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What each issue covers
Closed plugins
Plugins removed from the directory, once confirmed. Listed from 1,000 installs.
Newly quiet
Plugins with 10,000+ installs that just reached 12 or 24 months without an update.
Recovered
Plugins updated again after a year or more of silence.
Fast-rising
Plugins added in the last 12 months that moved up an install band.
Every issue covers the time since the last one. A person reviews each issue before it goes out, and a quiet plugin is not necessarily unsafe.
What an issue looks like
Newly quiet
Example Plugin (40k+ installs) reached 24 months without an update. Worth a look if it handles logins, payments or backups.
Recovered
Sample Plugin (20k+ installs) shipped its first update in 14 months.
An example of the layout. These plugins are made up.
When it arrives
The first issue is planned for 17 November 2026. After that, issues go out on the first and third Tuesday of each month.
The 2 February 2027 issue leads with Risk Radar Edition 2.
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