{
 "name": "The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026)",
 "publisher": "Rivale.io",
 "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/",
 "data_as_of": "2026-08-31",
 "published": null,
 "citation": "The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
 "method": "https://rivale.io/reports/method/",
 "metrics": "https://rivale.io/metrics/",
 "canonical": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/",
 "about": "WordPress plugin market",
 "license": "Free to quote with attribution to The Rivale Diff and a link to the issue URL. See https://rivale.io/press/",
 "tiles": [
  {
   "fig": "65.9M",
   "line": "downloads in the week of 17 August, the year's highest week",
   "statement": "Rivale recorded 65.9M downloads across the top 12,500 plugins on WordPress.org in the week of 17 August 2026.",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#part-month"
  },
  {
   "fig": "1 in 2",
   "line": "of the top 1,000 plugins released an update, against 15% of ranks 5,001 to 12,500",
   "statement": "Rivale recorded an update released by 50% of the top 1,000 plugins on WordPress.org in August 2026.",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#part-plugins"
  },
  {
   "fig": "2,444",
   "line": "plugins joined the directory in August, and 4 reached the top 12,500 plugins",
   "statement": "Rivale recorded 2,444 new plugins listed on WordPress.org for the first time in August 2026.",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#part-in-out"
  },
  {
   "fig": "47.1%",
   "line": "of all plugins have gone two years without an update",
   "statement": "Rivale recorded 31,639 of the 67,106 plugins listed on WordPress.org on 31 August 2026 with no update in two years, 47.1% of the directory.",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#part-standing"
  }
 ],
 "figures": [
  {
   "id": "download-volume",
   "section": "Downloads across the top 12,500 plugins reached a one-year high in August",
   "metric": "/metrics/download-volume/",
   "statement": "Downloads across the top 12,500 WordPress plugins reached 65.9M in the week of 2026-08-17, the highest week of the trailing year. The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#download-volume"
  },
  {
   "id": "wordpress-71",
   "section": "A fifth of the top 12,500 plugins declared WordPress 7.1 support within twelve days",
   "metric": "/metrics/wordpress-version-adoption/",
   "statement": "2,560 of the top 12,500 WordPress plugins declared support for WordPress 7.1 within twelve days of its 2026-08-19 release. The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#wordpress-71"
  },
  {
   "id": "update-rate",
   "section": "Half of the top 1,000 plugins released an update, and one in three gained a rating",
   "metric": "/metrics/update-rate/",
   "statement": "50% of the top 1,000 WordPress plugins released an update in August 2026 and 34.5% gained a rating, against 15% and 2.2% of plugins ranked 5,001 to 12,500. The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#update-rate"
  },
  {
   "id": "cover-story",
   "section": "Four of 2,444 new plugins listed in August reached the top 12,500 plugins",
   "metric": "/metrics/new-plugin-outcomes/",
   "statement": "2,444 plugins were first listed on WordPress.org in August 2026, and 4 of the 2,444 reached the top 12,500 by month end. The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#cover-story"
  },
  {
   "id": "departures",
   "section": "Wordfence Login Security led 52 departures from the top 12,500 plugins",
   "metric": "/metrics/departures-from-the-top-12500/",
   "statement": "52 plugins left the top 12,500 in August 2026, and 32 of the 52 had 1,000 or more installs. The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#departures"
  },
  {
   "id": "removed-reviews",
   "section": "Melhor Envio lost 24 reviews, the most among the top 12,500 plugins",
   "metric": "/metrics/removed-reviews/",
   "statement": "140 reviews were removed across 104 plugins in the top 12,500 WordPress plugins in August 2026, and 49 of the 140 were one-star. The Rivale Diff, Issue 1 (September 2026), Rivale.io",
   "url": "https://rivale.io/reports/diff/wordpress-plugin-market-august-2026/#removed-reviews"
  }
 ]
}