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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: 2.4k Plugin Update Checker · 1.7k built-in updater · 548 Update URI header · 14 manifest.json updater · 1 Troy.
By category
| Category | Plugins | With releases | Self-updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| eCommerce | 5,181 | 1,501 29% | 630 12% |
| Content & Publishing | 4,755 | 1,331 28% | 552 12% |
| Integrations & APIs | 2,667 | 874 33% | 399 15% |
| Utilities | 2,438 | 558 23% | 274 11% |
| Media & Images | 2,096 | 623 30% | 234 11% |
| Developer Tools | 2,004 | 645 32% | 200 10% |
| Blocks & Editor | 1,931 | 590 31% | 190 10% |
| Users & Membership | 1,709 | 429 25% | 159 9% |
| AI | 1,496 | 550 37% | 172 11% |
| Forms | 1,409 | 422 30% | 182 13% |
| Admin & Dashboard | 1,276 | 389 30% | 156 12% |
| Events & Booking | 1,259 | 433 34% | 167 13% |
| SEO & Metadata | 1,186 | 414 35% | 177 15% |
| Security | 1,168 | 430 37% | 137 12% |
| Page Builder Addons | 1,030 | 270 26% | 173 17% |
| Performance & Caching | 940 | 330 35% | 110 12% |
| Social & Sharing | 925 | 265 29% | 87 9% |
| Theme Tools | 765 | 288 38% | 157 21% |
| Updates & Deployment | 733 | 332 45% | 194 26% |
| Analytics & Tracking | 719 | 256 36% | 103 14% |
| Email & Notifications | 704 | 231 33% | 101 14% |
| Languages & Localization | 405 | 152 38% | 40 10% |
| Privacy & Compliance | 370 | 168 45% | 64 17% |
| Multisite & Networks | 335 | 114 34% | 31 9% |