Description
This plugin adds two columns to the plugin’s page in WordPress’s admin to show when each plugin was “Last Updated” by the developer and when the plugin was “Last Upgraded” on the site. The “Last Updated” column will also show “Plugin not found” OR “Plugin has been closed!” if the plugin isn’t on the repo anymore or has been closed.
The first time you load the plugins page, it may load very slowly if you have a lot of plugins due to many API calls made to WordPress.org in order to retrieve the last updated information.
This plugin makes 1 API call for each plugin installed. This data is cached for 24 hours, unless you manually clear the cache clearing via Admin Menu > Plugins > Plugin Columns.
The idea for this plugin’s functionality and the artwork was by Karissa Skirmont‘s of Profoundly Purple.
Plugin Developed by Steven Kohlmeyer with contributions by [Michael Preslar (http://drzimp.com “drzimp.com”)].
Screenshots
The plugins table has 2 columns on the right side labeled: Last Updated and Last Upgraded. 
A page dedicated to clearing cache on the Last Updated Column. 
Shows a WordPress MultiSite Network Plugin page with last updated / last upgraded columns.
Installation
- Install this plugin either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. If in a Multisite install, “Network Activate” to show on ALL sites in the install or only Activate individually on a per site basis.
- That’s it. You’re ready to go clean up your plugin list of old or closed plugins!
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Contributors & Developers
“Plugins Last Updated Column” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
0.1.5
- Last Updated Column now displays if the plugin has been closed or isn’t on the repo
- getPluginsLastUpdated() now respects WP_DEBUG
- Updated description
0.1.4
- Fixed security issue
0.1.3
- Fixed debug warnings
0.1.2
- Version bump – Plugin still works as expected with WordPress 6.5.2
0.1.1
- Version bump – Plugin still works as expected with WordPress 6.0.1
0.1.0
- Version number bump – Plugin still works as expected with WordPress 5.6
0.0.9
- Version number bump – This plugin still works as expected with the new WordPress 5.2
0.0.8
- Version number bump
0.0.7
- Added support for multisite
0.0.6
- PHP 5.2 Compliance – Calculated months may be just a bit off if you’re running PHP 5.2
- Changed caching from 24 hours to 30 minutes.
- Added a cache clearing option in Admin Menu > Plugins > Plugin Columns
- Fixed screen options not hiding columns or saving
- Added background color to whole column instead of just text
- Fixed errors outputting if WordPress’s API cannot be reached
0.0.5
- New column to show when the plugin was last upgraded – shows not available until each plugin is upgraded at least once.
0.0.4
- Now outputs how long it’s been since the last update
- Background of this text is colored based on how long it’s been: (over 2 years is red, over 1 year is orange, over 6 months is yellow and less than 6 months is green)
0.0.3
- Updated plugin description and tags
0.0.2
- Column is now responsive and disabled white-space wrapping for easier reading.
0.0.1
- Plugin adds a last updated column to the plugins page of the admin.