Published every Friday
The weekly brief
What changed across the wordpress.org plugin directory, one page a week: ownership transfers, closures, returns and releases after long silence, written from the registry’s own event records. The same brief goes out by email each Friday.
The current week is still being observed; its brief publishes on 04 Sep 2026.
The archive
| Week ending | Transfers | Closures | Returns | Dormancy breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | 14 | 115 | 24 | 287 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 07 Aug 2026 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
The registry, by email
One email a week with what changed across the directory: every ownership transfer, closure and dormancy break observed. New blog posts arrive as they publish, and each kind of mail has its own opt-out link.