Plugin Groups · Version history
Plugin Groups changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 3.0.1
- Sep 25, 2026 (1 month ago)
- Releases
- 15
- since 2016
- In the last year
- 3
- about one every 40 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 7.4 or later
Releases each year
- 20161 release
- 20171 release
- 20218 releases
- 20221 release
- 20241 release
- 20263 releases
20263 releases
Plugin Groups 3.0.1Latest
- Fixed a bug that caused a “Uncaught TypeError: _.extend is not a function” in the plugins page.
- Fixed a bug in the bulk actions that gave no option to give a new group a name if there are no existing groups.
- Fixed a bug that caused the “Add to group” action to not work on the Add Plugins screen.
Plugin Groups 3.0.0
- Completely rewritten admin UI in React and TypeScript, built with Vite, replacing the old jQuery-based interface.
- Added per-group colors, shown as color dots in the groups navigation and plugins list.
- Added keyword-based auto-assignment of plugins to groups, with a manual “Re-run auto-assign” action and automatic reassignment when plugins are activated or upgraded.
- Added group-level bulk Activate/Deactivate/Update actions in the Plugins list.
- Added a new “Pills” navigation style, alongside a renamed “Default” (formerly “subsubsub”) style.
- Added the ability to create a new group directly from the “Add to group” bulk action modal.
- Improved the create/edit group modal layout and various settings UI/UX refinements.
- Switched packaging/build tooling to Vite and Gulp, replacing Grunt/webpack and the wp-scripts asset pipeline.
- Fixed a security issue where group names could inject unescaped HTML into the plugins list dropdown and bulk actions.
- Fixed a security issue where plugin/group data was not escaped in the “Add to group” action on the Add Plugins screen.
- Replaced deprecated current_user_can_for_blog() with current_user_can_for_site() for multisite permission checks.
- Fixed a bug that could cause bulk “Add to group”/”Remove from group” actions to silently fail under some server configurations.
- Fixed PHPUnit test bootstrap referencing a non-existent file.
- Updated build tooling and dependencies.
- Now requires PHP 7.4+ and WordPress 6.7+.
Plugin Groups 2.0.9
- Fixed missing class.
20241 release
Plugin Groups 2.0.7
- [Multisite] Added path to domain for subdirectory sites.
- PHP 8.1 compatibility.
- Added an “Ungrouped” toggle in settings, to filter out plugins that are not in a group yet.
- Added a setting to enable an Ungrouped group in groups nav.
20221 release
Plugin Groups 2.0.6
- [Multisite] You can now set the main sites group management access. This allows the Group management to be disabled on all site, and keeps it in network admin only, if wanted.
- Added a little notice that settings are saved.
- Added an “Ungrouped” toggle in settings, to filter out plugins that are not in a group yet.
- Added a setting to enable an Ungrouped group in groups nav.
20218 releases
Plugin Groups 2.0.5
- Fixed an issue that prevented translations from being added.
Plugin Groups 2.0.4
- Fixed an issue that if a plugin is removed, the group will cause the admin UI to crash.
- Added “Add to group” when installing a plugin from the add plugin screen.
- Cleaned up the code a bit.
Plugin Groups 2.0.3
- Fixed an issue where activating a plugin in a group, you get redirected to all plugins.
- Added Bulk actions to allow adding new groups, adding to groups, and removing from groups.
- Added in sorting to the admin UI to allow ordering groups to you’re liking.
Plugin Groups 2.0.2
- Fixed an error where the plugin couldn’t read the plugin data (I hope).
- Added, Multisite support. Multisite admins can now network active, manage each sites groups individually, or give full access to site to create their own groups.
Plugin Groups 2.0.1
- Fixed an error where on upgrade and have no presets, UI broke 🙁
Plugin Groups 2.0.0
- Completely rewritten from scratch for modern browsers and modern WordPress.
Plugin Groups 1.2.2
Plugin Groups 1.2.1
- WordPress 5.6 compatibility.
- Fixed warnings on activation.
- Fixed bulk action creation when no groups exist.
20171 release
Plugin Groups 1.1.0
20161 release
Plugin Groups 1.0.3
- Added a notice to confirming saved changes.
Questions about Plugin Groups’s releases
What is the latest version of Plugin Groups?
3.0.1, released on Sep 25, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.
How often is Plugin Groups updated?
3 releases in the last year, about one every 40 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from March 2016.
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Start freeRelease dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Plugin Groups’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.