Best discontinued plugins for WordPress
The most popular discontinued plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Hardening (discontinued) leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Discontinued Product Stock Status for WooCommerce (500+) and Discontinued Products (300+). All 4 plugins tagged “discontinued” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 discontinued plugins
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WP Hardening (discontinued)The most installed discontinued plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 20 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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Discontinued Product Stock Status for WooCommerce500+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 10 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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Discontinued Products300+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.Discontinued Products for WooCommerce
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 4 plugins tagged “discontinued”

WP Hardening (discontinued)
Down in the last 7 days:16#1,995by WebProtect.ai2 years ago
The WP Hardening is a one-click tool to fix standard security recommendations on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.0(20)
- Downloads
- 45/day

Discontinued Product Stock Status for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:71#8,813by SaffireTech1 month ago
This plugin allows you to mark a product as ‘Discontinued’ in your WooCommerce catalog, guide your buyers to other products & recover potential sales.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.4(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Discontinued Products
Down in the last 7 days:56#10,258by twoelevenjay26 days ago
Enables WooCommerce Discontinued Products.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Discontinued Products for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:8,073#36,578by vutran11 years ago
Adds the ability to flag a product as discontinued to WooCommerce
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day