Title: Plugin Review Team Update – 23 July
Author: Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
Published: July 23, 2018

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5:12 pm _on_ July 23, 2018     
Tags: [plugins ( 610 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/plugins/)

# Plugin Review Team Update – 23 July

### 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. Status Change Stats

 * Plugins requested : 142
 * Plugins rejected : 7
 * Plugins closed : 1059
 * Plugins approved : 67

### Plugin Queue Stats (current)

 * Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 741
 * → (older than 7 days ago)** : 671
 * → (2018-07-16 – 2018-07-23) : 57
 * → (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 16
 * → (pending; replied to)* : 725

### SupportPress Queue Stats

 * Total open tickets* : 31
 * → (with no activity in last 7 days)** : 4
 * Within defined 7 day time window:
    - Total : 198
    - Closed : 194
    - Open : 4

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