Plugins are one of the best things in WordPress, and undoubtedly one of the top reasons it’s so popular. The "there’s a plugin for everything" phrase is not a joke. With a bit of effort, you can find a plugin for anything. WordPress repository alone hosts more than 46 thousand plugins. Unfortunately, many have been neglected by their authors and not updated for more than two years. The situation has gotten to the point that the repository had to put a special banner on those plugins, notifying users they are old, and not updated for over two years. That fact by itself does not mean those plugins are bad, buggy, or problematic but WordPress is continuously evolving, and a plugin that hasn’t been updated for so long is probably not 100% compatible with the latest version of WordPress. To make matters worse over 22 thousand, or nearly half of plugins are now marked as outdated in the repository.
Should I avoid outdated plugins!?
As with most things in life, generalizing is not a good thing. That question has to be answered on a per-plugin basis. However, one thing is obvious. If you are choosing between two similar plugins – go for the one that more frequently updated.
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/13658/old-outdated-wordpress-plugins-wp-loop
source https://williechiu40.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/old-outdated-wordpress-plugins-wp-loop/
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