Title: Plugin Review Team: 21 October 2024
Author: Paco Marchante
Published: October 21, 2024

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pacomarchante/) [Paco Marchante](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pacomarchante/)
9:18 pm _on_ October 21, 2024     
Tags: [plugins ( 610 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/plugins/)

# Plugin Review Team: 21 October 2024

### 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 : 203
 * Plugins rejected : 11
 * Plugins closed : 211
 * Plugins approved : 159

### Plugin Queue Stats (current)

 * Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 2326
    - (older than 7 days ago)** : 2118
    - (2024-10-14 – 2024-10-20) : 139
    - (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 41
    - (pending; replied to)* : 2285
    - (pending; waiting on author)* : 2037
    - (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 224
    - (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 24

### Help Scout Queue Stats

 * Total Conversations: 1141
 * New Conversations: 716
 * Customers: 830
 * Conversations per Day: 142
 * Busiest Day: Tuesday
 * Messages Received: 783
 * Replies Sent: 1619
 * Emails Created: 408

`*` : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ 
or ‘day’ interval
`**` : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from
today

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