[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49151: Show a warning for plugins in WP admin that haven't received updates in a long time

[WordPress Trac]

#49151: Show a warning for plugins in WP admin that haven't received updates in a
long time
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 Reporter:  vincenthasselgard        |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Plugins                  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-     |     Focuses:  ui, administration,
  patch needs-design-feedback        |  ui-copy
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Changes (by helen):

 * keywords:  has-screenshots has-patch => has-screenshots has-patch needs-
     design-feedback
 * milestone:  5.6 => Future Release


Comment:

 Taking a look here - I have some issues and am going to punt this for the
 moment (it can be brought back if we feel super strongly about it):

 * The "Last updated" date is a little misleading because it's when the
 item was last updated on .org, but within the site health context it reads
 like when the item was last updated on your site. Presumably for many
 sites those are the same thing, but I don't think that's universally the
 case enough that we can phrase it this way.
 * I still would like for the full date to be available somewhere/somehow,
 whether displayed as a parenthetical or using something like `abbr` to
 make it available in another way (whatever is semantic and accessible, of
 course).
 * If we're looking at this as a piece of information to help site admins
 decide what can be cleaned up based on inactivity, it is impossible to
 scan in this format and I am not sure line breaks would help much if they
 can even be added. Adding it only to site health feels just informational
 and not actionable.

 I think I'd like to see some exploration about how to enable the workflow
 that I think is being described here, which is a site admin who is
 reviewing/managing plugins based on whether it's been kept updated. I
 agree that adding banners/notices inline in the full list view is probably
 going to end up overwhelming and ignored, but maybe there's an alternative
 like an "Outdated" filter or something like that.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49151#comment:51>
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