Plugin Check 2.0

A new major version of Plugin Check, a WordPress.org tool that checks whether a plugin meets the plugin directory rules and follows best practices.

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29/05/2026

Date from: release

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It runs from a WP Admin screen or with the WP-CLI command wp plugin check. Version 2.0 flags WordPress functions that are newer than the minimum WordPress version a plugin declares. It also flags plugins that save data in their own folder.

Made by: WordPress github.com/WordPress
Source: github.com/WordPress/plugin-check
Licence: GPL-2.0-or-later
Topics: Developer tools
Shipped: 29/05/2026
Date from: release
Added: 26/10/2026
Checked: 25/10/2026

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