Title: Plugin Review Team Status: 12 July 2021
Author: Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
Published: July 13, 2021

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/) [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu/)
11:12 pm _on_ July 13, 2021     
Tags: [plugins ( 610 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/plugins/)

# Plugin Review Team Status: 12 July 2021

Apologies about the lateness. I hope you never hear a plumber utter the words “Slab
leak.”

The 5.8 email went out, which means a lot of bounces and closures.

 * Plugins requested : 157
 * Plugins rejected : 9
 * Plugins closed : 128
 * Plugins approved : 43

### 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. Queue Stats (current)

 * Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 821
 * → (older than 7 days ago)** : 694
 * → (2021-07-05 – 2021-07-12) : 92
 * → (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 61
 * → (pending; replied to)* : 760

### Helpscout Stats

 * Total Conversations: 832
 * New Conversations: 681
 * Customers: 574
 * Conversations per Day: 104
 * Busiest Day: Friday
 * Email Conversations: 681
 * Messages Received: 942
 * Replies Sent: 638
 * Emails Created: 141
 * Resolved: 288
 * Resolved on First Reply: 38%

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