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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: 2k Plugin Update Checker · 925 built-in updater · 452 Update URI header · 12 manifest.json updater.
By category
| Category | Plugins | With releases | Self-updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content & Publishing | 2,554 | 925 36% | 414 16% |
| eCommerce | 2,231 | 886 40% | 493 22% |
| Integrations & APIs | 1,568 | 614 39% | 310 20% |
| Developer Tools | 1,192 | 437 37% | 160 13% |
| Utilities | 1,168 | 320 27% | 179 15% |
| Blocks & Editor | 1,073 | 405 38% | 159 15% |
| Media & Images | 962 | 341 35% | 159 17% |
| Users & Membership | 741 | 254 34% | 117 16% |
| Forms | 665 | 270 41% | 131 20% |
| Admin & Dashboard | 568 | 220 39% | 101 18% |
| Security | 537 | 240 45% | 95 18% |
| SEO & Metadata | 517 | 221 43% | 112 22% |
| Events & Booking | 492 | 224 46% | 95 19% |
| Performance & Caching | 491 | 204 42% | 71 14% |
| AI | 466 | 235 50% | 113 24% |
| Theme Tools | 461 | 210 46% | 125 27% |
| Page Builder Addons | 437 | 162 37% | 118 27% |
| Social & Sharing | 428 | 133 31% | 52 12% |
| Updates & Deployment | 422 | 215 51% | 125 30% |
| Analytics & Tracking | 327 | 140 43% | 66 20% |
| Email & Notifications | 317 | 124 39% | 62 20% |
| Multisite & Networks | 209 | 102 49% | 28 13% |
| Languages & Localization | 196 | 92 47% | 25 13% |
| Privacy & Compliance | 171 | 88 51% | 38 22% |