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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party repository stats for the last week:
Plugins requested : 195
Plugins rejected : 30
Plugins closed : 37
Plugins approved : 144
86 items currently in the queue, 5 older than a week and 80 without a response.
6435 commits to the repository (974364-980799)
24 open support tickets, 5 older than a week.
WordPress 4.0 is out! Plugin authors should check (actually, should already have checked) their plugins against 4.0. If you haven’t updated the “tested up to” version in readme.txt, do it now.