Title: Archived Plugins do not Update
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Archived Plugins do not Update

 *  [Dan Knauss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpknauss/)
 * (@dpknauss)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archived-plugins-do-not-update/)
 * It looks like plugins that have been archived are not subject to update notifications.
   That means insecure code might be retained in a forgotten, archived plugin which
   could potentially be exploited. That’s not terribly likely but possible, despite
   the random folder name used for the archived plugins to protect against this 
   possibility.
 * I also have a habit of archiving plugins that have not been updated in a long
   time. I am not quite ready to delete them, but I want to keep them around in 
   case an update comes along and active development resumes. I assumed they would
   still be subject to update notices despite being archived, at which point I might
   re-evaluate them, but this appears to be a mistaken assumption.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/hackrepair-plugin-archiver/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hackrepair-plugin-archiver/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Dan Knauss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpknauss/)
 * (@dpknauss)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archived-plugins-do-not-update/#post-7085790)
 * I just noticed that it’s possible to re-install and activate an archived plugin,
   and then bring the archived version out of the archive so there are two versions
   side by side. Only one can be activated of course, but this is not a good situation
   to allow.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archived-plugins-do-not-update/#post-7085790)
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