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Usage
How listed plugins ship: GitHub releases, and whether the plugin itself feeds updates into WordPress.
A plugin with releases has at least one GitHub or GitLab Release object — the same count as the homepage. Self-updates means the plugin injects into Dashboard → Updates (Plugin Update Checker, a custom Update URI, a manifest.json updater, or its own hook). Git Updater headers alone do not count; those need the Git Updater plugin installed.
Of those self-updating: 2.6k Plugin Update Checker · 2k built-in updater · 591 Update URI header · 14 manifest.json updater · 2 Troy.
By category
| Category | Plugins | With releases | Self-updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| eCommerce | 6,106 | 1,682 28% | 677 11% |
| Content & Publishing | 5,458 | 1,493 27% | 603 11% |
| Integrations & APIs | 2,938 | 941 32% | 432 15% |
| Utilities | 2,786 | 623 22% | 309 11% |
| Media & Images | 2,374 | 692 29% | 257 11% |
| Developer Tools | 2,228 | 707 32% | 221 10% |
| Blocks & Editor | 2,216 | 654 30% | 205 9% |
| Users & Membership | 1,889 | 462 24% | 171 9% |
| AI | 1,701 | 606 36% | 197 12% |
| Forms | 1,633 | 484 30% | 202 12% |
| Admin & Dashboard | 1,449 | 437 30% | 182 13% |
| Events & Booking | 1,444 | 473 33% | 196 14% |
| SEO & Metadata | 1,361 | 462 34% | 193 14% |
| Security | 1,324 | 493 37% | 154 12% |
| Page Builder Addons | 1,192 | 302 25% | 208 17% |
| Performance & Caching | 1,055 | 362 34% | 117 11% |
| Social & Sharing | 1,042 | 282 27% | 95 9% |
| Theme Tools | 846 | 306 36% | 175 21% |
| Analytics & Tracking | 825 | 299 36% | 114 14% |
| Email & Notifications | 816 | 261 32% | 110 13% |
| Updates & Deployment | 794 | 368 46% | 210 26% |
| Languages & Localization | 474 | 173 36% | 46 10% |
| Privacy & Compliance | 423 | 187 44% | 72 17% |
| Multisite & Networks | 363 | 116 32% | 30 8% |