{"id":24351,"date":"2026-04-13T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/?p=24351"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:00:58","slug":"plugins-team-12-apr-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/2026\/04\/13\/plugins-team-12-apr-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Plugins Team: 12 Apr 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Plugin<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Plugin<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/<\/a> or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Status Change Stats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plugins requested : 559<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plugins rejected : 228<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plugins closed : 96<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plugins approved : 256<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugin Queue Stats (current)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5027\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(older than 7 days ago)** : 4301<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(2026-04-06 \u2013 2026-04-12) : 532<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 1029<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(pending; replied to)* : 3998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(pending; waiting on author)* : 3672<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 277<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 49<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Help Scout Queue Stats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Total Conversations: 1205<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Conversations: 594<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Customers: 1101<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conversations per Day: 150<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Busiest Day: Monday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Messages Received: 800<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replies Sent: 2286<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emails Created: 454<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><code>*<\/code>\u00a0: Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account \u2018date\u2019 or \u2018day\u2019 interval<br><code>**<\/code>\u00a0: Stat reflects activity only within the \u2018recentdays\u2019 from today<\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/tag\/plugins\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>plugins<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2026%2F04%2F13%2Fplugins-team-12-apr-2026%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. 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