Best deprecated plugins for WordPress
The most popular deprecated plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Log Deprecated Notices leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Book Review (300+) and Bumpcheck (70+). All 12 plugins tagged “deprecated” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 deprecated plugins
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Log Deprecated NoticesThe most installed deprecated plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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Book Review300+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
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Bumpcheck70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Disable Deprecated Warnings50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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Instant Programming Compatibility Scanner for PHP 810+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Deprecation Checker10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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KAGG Compatibility10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
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Old Post Warning10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Log Deprecated Notices Extender10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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PCSD Tag Stripper10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 12 plugins tagged “deprecated”
Log Deprecated Notices
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,167by Andrew Nacin5 years ago
Logs the usage of deprecated files, functions, and function arguments, and identifies where the deprecated functionality is being used.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 84/day
Book Review
Up in the last 7 days:26#11,052by Donna Peplinskie (a11n)8 years ago
Spend more time reading
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Bumpcheck
Up in the last 7 days:282#18,189by jolovicdev26 days ago
Check PHP compatibility for every plugin and theme, PHP 8.0 to 8.6, before your host upgrades. Scans the files on your own server.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Deprecated Warnings
Up in the last 7 days:57#20,215by tamlyn14 years ago
Prevents plugins from showing deprecated errors in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Instant Programming Compatibility Scanner for PHP 8
#29,975by instantprogramming2 months ago
Finds PHP 8.0–8.4 incompatibilities in your plugins and theme, and produces a report a non-developer can read.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Deprecation Checker
#30,121by Brian Fegter14 years ago
Deprecation Checker simply scans your plugins, themes, and custom directories for deprecated functions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
KAGG Compatibility
Down in the last 7 days:8,547#38,623by kaggdesign7 days ago
The plugin blocks error messages of any level from WordPress core, plugins, and themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Old Post Warning
Up in the last 7 days:6,316#39,527by Șerban2 months ago
This plugin will display a custom notification on every single post older than 1 year (365 days).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Log Deprecated Notices Extender
Up in the last 7 days:3,185#41,517by Joey Kudish15 years ago
This developer-oriented WordPress plugin extends Andrew Nacin's Log Deprecated Notices to show a link in the WP 3.3+ Toolbar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PCSD Tag Stripper
Up in the last 7 days:2,916#45,065by Espi7 years ago
Removes common deprecated and problematic tags and attributes that the Wordpress editor will add automatically. Original Code pulled and from a plugi …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PayPal API Subscriptions
#46,904by zackdesign8 months ago
DEPRECATED — This plugin uses the discontinued PayPal NVP API and handles raw credit card data. Please switch to a modern alternative.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Azvian Preflight
#55,245by azvian1 month ago
Before you apply a plugin, theme or core update, scan it for deprecated/removed PHP and WordPress APIs and see what it adds to your pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day