Luca Fracassi, founder of Addendio, an alternative search engine for the WordPress plugin and theme directories published an in-depth look at the WordPress plugin directory. The post includes data …
Some reasons why they’re not updated:
- The developer burns out or moves on.
- The plugin doesn’t need an update.
- Lack of donations.
- Support is too much of a burden.
- No time.
Source: Nearly Half of the WordPress Plugins in the Directory Are Not Updated After Two Years
