Title: Want to Close Your Plugins? Email! Author: Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) Published: December 22, 2016 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) 7:26 pm _on_ December 22, 2016 Tags: [reminder ( 30 )](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/tag/reminder/) # Want to Close Your Plugins? Email! Hi everyone, it’s winter at last, and there’s snow in the mountains! This is the perfect time to sit by the fire and look at your plugins and get rid of the ones you don’t want to be on the hook for any more. Did you make a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. for an event that happened a long time ago, like the 2008 Olympics? Did you make a featured plugin that got wrapped into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and you’re done? Email `plugins@wordpress.org` with a link to the plugin and we’ll close it for you! Doing this means you won’t get any new people complaining about how the plugin doesn’t work and disables itself in WP 4.3 and up (even though you documented it…). It’s less work for you and it’s okay to EoL plugins. We’ll close ’em for you and you’ll be done. A lovely winter present for everyone. (If you think the plugin has a use and life, but you don’t want to support it anymore, consider adding the tag ‘adopt me’ to your readme. Just update your readme file with that and maybe someone will come and offer a new home for your old plugin. Check out https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/adopt-me to see the plugins out there looking for you!) [#reminder](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/tag/reminder/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/22/want-to-close-your-plugins-email/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/22/want-to-close-your-plugins-email/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/22/want-to-close-your-plugins-email/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/22/want-to-close-your-plugins-email/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/22/want-to-close-your-plugins-email/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/22/want-to-close-your-plugins-email/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9750dc1af8ca3368fc6072aa339399308d02469d5ec515101acd15e8fabfc6b4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Bet Hannon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bethannon1/) 8:34 pm _on_ December 30, 2016 3. And if I know someone who wants to adopt one of the adopt-me plugins, what would be their first step? 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/479f05d4acc73915a43b24a1ee3f30477d4ee19bbec6a5a79906d396f2b2d2ad? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Samuel Sidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) 11:32 pm _on_ January 10, 2017 * Have that person email `plugins@wordpress.org` with the name of the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress. org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. they want to adopt. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e38b13f73407491cdae53900b60cd478aeb6f00fabd755ad0581776789e7fde? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [m.usama.masood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/musamamasood/) 3:00 pm _on_ January 13, 2017 - Thanks! 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63b496ec3806485229b4f934b26643dad6e734ca6e6ef7b38c846205b01cd37f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Weston Ruter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/) 11:52 pm _on_ January 18, 2017 7. @ipstenu What exactly happens to the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. in the directory when it is closed? Will the plugin still be listed on our profiles? Will its plugin page remain but have a “CLOSED” notice? 8. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/27180c82524020e7339e2b30818b6d8ab004c54f730f12b1434b1e365be0e175? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) 12:02 am _on_ January 19, 2017 * It becomes invisible to everyone but you. No one can download it, no one can see it, and it’s not listed anywhere on your profile. As far as a user is concerned, it vanishes. - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63b496ec3806485229b4f934b26643dad6e734ca6e6ef7b38c846205b01cd37f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Weston Ruter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/) 12:05 am _on_ January 19, 2017 - @ipstenu thanks for the explanation. Has there been consideration given to an archived or obsolete status for plugins? I think there would be value in having plugins still available for historical purposes. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/27180c82524020e7339e2b30818b6d8ab004c54f730f12b1434b1e365be0e175? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) 12: 08 am _on_ January 19, 2017 * Not recently, but after the new directory goes live, it may be a thing we could do. The current system wouldn’t be able to. You should make a metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.[https://core.trac.wordpress.org/](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/). ticket for it! - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63b496ec3806485229b4f934b26643dad6e734ca6e6ef7b38c846205b01cd37f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Weston Ruter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/) 12:13 am _on_ January 19, 2017 - Done. Thanks. [https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2404](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2404) Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← [FIXED] Banners and Images Broken In the Old Directory?](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2016/12/08/banners-and-images-broken-in-the-old-directory/) [Plugin Guideline Change →](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2017/01/30/plugin-guideline-change/)