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Vendi Abandoned Plugin Check

by cjhaas

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Description

This plugin will query the WordPress.org servers in a background task to determine the number of days since the last SVN update.

This plugin has no interface. It only runs a background task daily and then modifies the main plugin table by adding the number of days since the plugin was last updated.

This plugin has not been tested with multi-site yet.

Feel free to contribute to this plugin on GitHub!

  1. Upload plugin-name.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  1. Example listing of plugins with some ages showing.

    Example listing of plugins with some ages showing.

  2. Example showing old plugins when searching.

    Example showing old plugins when searching.

Does this work with multisite?

This has not been tested yet.

Why does this check all plugins instead of just activated plugins?

Old code is old code.

Not all of my plugins are showing a last updated date

This plugin queries the WordPress.org database via the official API. If your plugin is not listed in this database then we won’t report a date on it.

Also, this plugin (as of 3.0.0) runs in batch mode, executing 10 plugins at a time. It attempts to respawn itself but depending on your configuration this may or may not work.

I’ve activated this plugin, now what?

Depending on how many plugins you have installed it might take a couple of minutes to find the last updated date of every installed plugin. Go to your Plugins page and refresh every couple of seconds. If you don’t see notes after 5 minutes there might be an actual problem. If your server is not able to make remote calls this plugin won’t work. Also, if you’ve disabled WordPress’s scheduling system this plugin will not work.

Feeling saver with it

By wpprup (wppraesenz) on April 11, 2024

Yes, I am feeling saver when this fine plugin shows the updated plugins in its green letters in the plugin list... 🙂
....speaking of "saver" I hope and wish it would be updated itself and will not be abandoned 😉 - compatibility with the newest WP (now 6.5.2) is pending... 😀
Thanks!

Did not work

By Alex R. (Dreamfish) on February 14, 2024

Sorry, but this plugin did not work. I activated it on our site, and also waited for several minutes, but nothing showed up in the plugins section.

Very important for security

By Li-An on February 8, 2021

The main problem with security with WP is that it does not show if the plugin you use is still maintained. With Veni, you can see if you need to search for an alternative to your favorite plugin very easily. I like the way it shows outdated plugins when you search for a plugin to install.

Works as advertised on multisite, too.

By vickita on December 3, 2020

I'm running this on a Multisite instance on my dev server and it appears to work just fine. The caveat that the criterion of how recently a plugin has been updated is not by itself an assurance of the health and security of that plugin is quite correct, however, when you're running a large WP site with many plugins, it's far too easy for an abandoned plugin to fall through the cracks of awareness and attention. To the degree that it does what it says it does, this plugin is a useful tool.

Works great

By nineplanetsllc on September 29, 2024

Very helpful for quickly identifying abandoned plugins from the repository.

Junk

By ron441241 on October 29, 2019

Won't install. Another Woocommerce junk add-on!!

Useful, but…

By Martin Sauter (martin.sauter) on March 6, 2017

Simple but useful plug-in to see if you have plug-ins installed that are potentially outdated (= not compatible or insecure). However, be aware that the number of days since the last update is not a very reliable problem indicator: There are quite old plug-ins that are safe and working, while there are very recent plug-ins with severe problems. And by the way: A plug-in that reports outdated plug-ins but is "Compatible up to: 4.5.6" and "Last Updated: 9 months ago" itself has kind of a credibility issue…

Every site should run this plugin

By sneader on September 3, 2016

There are many ways to keep your plugins updated. BUT what if the author has completely abandoned the plugin and never updates it? You will have a false sense of security, thinking your site is fully updated, when, in reality, your site is a time bomb waiting for someone to hack it, using that old plugin that may be full of security holes.

This plugin solves that problem, and will always let you know when you have an abandoned plugin installed, or even if you are browsing plugins via the Dashboard, thinking about installing them... it will warn you.

Thanks Vendi!

5.0.3

  • Unified plugin age message, enabled translations
  • Cleanup display of error when installing

5.0.2

  • Version bump to align Readme and PHP

5.0.1

  • Syncing authentication between SVN with GH

5.0.0

  • Require PHP 7.4 or greater
  • WP 6.7 tested

4.0.0

  • Require PHP 7 or greater
  • WP 6.4 tested

3.7.2

  • WP 6.3 tested

3.7.0

  • Switching to GitHub for development, using actions for deploy to SVN

3.5.8

  • WP 5.9 tested

3.5.7

  • WP 5.7 tested

3.3.3

  • WP 5.2 tested

3.3.2

  • Silenced an error that could happen if the server is unable to resolve DNS to itself
  • Fixed line breaks in readme
  • WP 4.9.5 tested

3.3.0

  • Changed API check to use SVN slug instead of Plugin slug. Thanks Scott Neader and Bob Lindner!
  • Added an option to log actions for debugging at the code-level (beta)
  • WP 4.5 tested

3.2.1

  • WP 4.4 tested

3.2.0

  • On this plugin update, force reset of stored timestamps

3.1.3

  • WP4.3 test, version bump, no code changes

3.1.1

  • Upon activation clean up any remaining previous installs just in case the plugin wasn’t property deactivated

3.1.0

  • Removed mu support for now so that we can use the register_activation_hook

3.0.0

  • Cron jobs are now executed in batches to avoid timing out with lots of plugins
  • Fixed some styling for highlighting abandoned plugins on the plugin search screen in WP 3.9 and less
  • Renamed cron hooks and transients for clarity

2.0.0

  • Added support for highlighting abandoned plugins on the plugin search screen

1.0.2

  • Version bump for internal folder re-org

1.0.1

  • Added icons

1.0.0

  • Initial release
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