Title: Abandoned by Developer
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Abandoned by Developer

 *  [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobschecter/)
 * (@bobschecter)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandoned-by-developer/)
 * This plugin has been abandoned by the developer because of insufficient donations.

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 *  Moderator [Pippin Williamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mordauk/)
 * (@mordauk)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandoned-by-developer/#post-7753974)
 * Is that really a good reason to rate it poorly? Plugins can be very difficult
   to adequately maintain over time, especially if they are done on the side.
 *  Thread Starter [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobschecter/)
 * (@bobschecter)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandoned-by-developer/#post-7753975)
 * I’m not sure I understand what you’re getting at Pippin. The plugin developer
   stepped in and said he didn’t make enough money to make it worth his while to
   keep working on it, so he has abandoned it.
 * How then would you ensure people searching for something that does what the plugin
   was purported to do, don’t end up installing it and ending up with a problem?
 * The right thing would have been for the developer to take the plugin down, or
   tell WP to release it from the repository as the thousands of others have done
   over the years.
 * He didn’t, so I felt compelled to at least post a warning. No?
 *  Moderator [Pippin Williamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mordauk/)
 * (@mordauk)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandoned-by-developer/#post-7753976)
 * I simply meant that the plugin being unmaintained is not a valid reason to rate
   it poorly. If a plugin is well written, it could go years without needing a single
   update.
 * If it is broken and abandoned, then sure, but make sure it’s broken first.
 * That’s all I meant. Since I you didn’t say whether it was broken or not in your
   review, I felt the need to post.
 *  Thread Starter [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobschecter/)
 * (@bobschecter)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandoned-by-developer/#post-7753977)
 * I get it. I think. 🙂

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