Title: plugin abandoned ?
Last modified: June 5, 2020

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# plugin abandoned ?

 *  Resolved [clipper87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clipper87/)
 * (@clipper87)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/)
 * It’s been more than a year now since this plugin received an update and that 
   starts to worry me with regards to WordPress compatibility. Is Barry still actively
   working on the plugin or not ?

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 *  [Matze Pabst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthiaspabst/)
 * (@matthiaspabst)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/#post-12944693)
 * I would also like to know if the plugin is still maintained by never5.
 *  Thread Starter [clipper87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clipper87/)
 * (@clipper87)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/#post-12945209)
 * Things don’t look good. I’ve bought the optional email lock plugin back in february
   2019 trusting that the author [@barrykooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
   per his promise -in writing- would add a feature that I was looking for. He’d
   release that by the end of august 2019 but it never materialized. Up until that
   time communication was ok. I’ve been trying to contact him ever since and at 
   the end of january 2020 he replied telling me that he could not give any timeframe
   for the feature but still planned to add it. As a matter of gesture he waived
   the subscription fee for a year. This added feature is one thing but the thing
   that starts to worry me more and more is that the core plugin hasn’t received
   any update for well over a year now. No compliance testing with recent WordPress
   versions either. Download Monitor is a great and unique plugin for which I see
   no alternative so I truly hope all is well with [@barrykooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
   and that he comes forward right here to spell out what his plans are with the
   plugin. With 100.000+ installs I think that would just be a courtesy to both 
   paid and non paid users. I contacted the contributors that are listed today. 
   So far one of them [@mikejolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
   replied, telling me that he hasn’t been involved in it for year’s now. Download
   Monitor from what I’ve learned after doing some research was not created by [@barrykooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/);
   he continued the work on it after the original author abandoned it I believe.
   I truly hope all will work out real soon.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Barry Kooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
 * (@barrykooij)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/#post-12945287)
 * Hey [@clipper87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clipper87/) and [@matthiaspabst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthiaspabst/),
 * Download Monitor is still maintained and we (Never5) are still actively maintaining
   our plugins. I’ll make sure Download Monitor gets at least a meta update soon,
   so I update the “tested up to” etc.
 * Regarding your ticket [@clipper87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clipper87/),
   this is regarding a feature for one of our extensions that is complex to create.
   Extra features for our extra optional paid extension are not a promise we make
   to our customers when they are sold. Because of both of these reasons, I can’t
   give you an ETA on this feature.
 * So, to summarize:
    1. I’ll make sure the main/core plugin gets an update next
   week 2. I’ll look agian into your feature request [@clipper87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clipper87/)
   and will get back to you next week as well.
 * I hope this answers both of your questions, if not, please feel free to let me
   know.
 * Kindest regards,
 * Barry Kooija
 *  Thread Starter [clipper87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clipper87/)
 * (@clipper87)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/#post-12945330)
 * Thank you Barry; you really started to worry me. Glad you responded.
 *  [Matze Pabst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthiaspabst/)
 * (@matthiaspabst)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/#post-12946791)
 * Thank you for your reply, [@barrykooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)!

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 * Last reply from: [Matze Pabst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthiaspabst/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-abandoned-49/#post-12946791)
 * Status: resolved