[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56685: Remove LiveJournal from importer recommendations

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#56685: Remove LiveJournal from importer recommendations
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 Reporter:  dd32          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Import        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by dd32):

 Replying to [comment:1 costdev]:
 > > After reviewing some data, including the support threads and plugin
 directory install metrics, I recommend that we retire the LiveJournal
 plugin from being recommended on the Importer screen.
 >
 > What did the plugin directory install metrics show?

 The metrics I looked at included:
  - Active install growth: Declining
  - Number of "new installs" (an internal wordpress.org number, counting
 the number of 'new' sites it's seen it be used on), which suggests there's
 been no new sites installing it in the last year
  - Support Forum activity: Last thread 5 years ago


 > Were there any (other) significant and verified bugs that you came
 across?

 I didn't test the importer myself, I deferred to @vishnugopal for that.

 Looking at some private notes, it appears that I may have misread - The
 importer isn't entirely broken, it just doesn't migrate comments.

 However, It's usage on WordPress.com appears to be negligible, combined
 with seemingly no WordPress.org usage, suggests it's not the most
 important importer to suggest be used / for the limited hours people have
 for importers to dedicate to.


 > there's a bigger question of maintenance - and this component doesn't
 have any maintainers. This might be raised in the next devchat to see if
 anyone wants to take on maintenance of this plugin.

 #meta5550 covers some of that, tl;dr I've imported a bunch of seemingly
 active plugins to GitHub and some of the WordPress.com Importer team are
 going to donate some time to cleanup and collate any fixes/bugs/etc needed
 on those repo's.

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