{"id":262304,"date":"2025-12-01T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en-gb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/outplug\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:03:57","slug":"outplug","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/mk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/outplug\/","author":15712072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"6.8.5","requires":"6.8","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"OutPlug","header_author":"Lens Digital","header_description":"OutPlug scans your WordPress site for outdated plugins and alerts you when updates are overdue.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2025-12-01 14:03:57","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/wearelens.co.uk\/services\/wordpress-plugins\/","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/wearelens.co.uk","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":132,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial release.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[4074],"plugin_category":[52],"plugin_contributors":[251454],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-262304","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-monitor","plugin_category-performance","plugin_contributors-lensdigital","plugin_committers-lensdigital"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/outplug.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>OutPlug helps WordPress site owners:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Detect plugins that haven\u2019t been updated in a configurable number of months.<\/li>\n<li>Highlight outdated plugins in the admin plugin list.<\/li>\n<li>Display stale plugins in a dashboard widget with a red exclamation mark.<\/li>\n<li>Optionally send email alerts to the site administrator when stale plugins are detected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>OutPlug is lightweight, safe, and follows WordPress best practices using the Settings API and transients for caching.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to an API to obtain plugin information via the WordPress Plugin API, it's needed to show the date the plugin was last updated.<\/p>\n\n<p>It sends the each individual plugin to the API to determine the information either when the page is loaded or when it is refreshed.<\/p>\n\n<p>More information can be found at https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/rest-api\/<\/p>\n\n<h3>Arbitrary Section<\/h3>\n\n<p>Optional configuration file: <code>outplug-config.php<\/code>\n- <code>stale_months<\/code> : integer, months before plugin is considered stale\n- <code>send_emails<\/code>  : boolean, send email alerts to admin\n- <code>debug<\/code>        : boolean, log debug info to PHP error log<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>outplug<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Tools &gt; OutPlug<\/strong> to configure the settings:\n\n<ul>\n<li>Set the number of months before a plugin is considered stale.<\/li>\n<li>Enable or disable email alerts to the admin.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li>Optionally create <code>outplug-config.php<\/code> in the plugin folder to override defaults.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='does%20outplug%20update%20plugins%20automatically%3F'><h3>Does OutPlug update plugins automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. OutPlug only monitors plugin updates and alerts the admin. 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