The weekly brief · 15 Aug 2026 to 21 Aug 2026
Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer changes hands
The week's largest handover: Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer, at 6,000+ installs, moved from Liton Arefin to Pixar Labs on 19 Aug 2026. The record carries the full transfer evidence.
Other hands changed too: a 3-plugin portfolio led by Shipping Simulator for WooCommerce (5,000+) moved from Luiz Bills to linknacional on 15 Aug 2026; a 2-plugin portfolio led by noindex SEO (3,000+) moved from Javier Casares to ROBOTSTXT.es on 19 Aug 2026; Media Tracker (1,000+) moved from TheBitCraft to Rejuan Ahamed on 18 Aug 2026. In all, 19 plugins changed hands across 13 handovers this week.
42 plugins left the directory this week. The largest by last recorded installs: Wordfence Login Security (60,000+), Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More (40,000+), Send PDF for Contact Form 7 (9,000+). wordpress.org removes a closed plugin's page the same day it closes; each last good record is preserved in the registry.
The week in numbers
The record, in full
- The rolling transfer record: every handover of the trailing 90 days, with evidence.
- The dormancy record: plugins past 540 days without a release, most widely installed first.
- Closed in 2026: every plugin removed this year, last good record preserved.
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.
Every weekly brief · This brief is generated from the registry’s event records for the seven days shown. Every claim links to the record that carries its evidence.