Title: Maintenance question
Last modified: September 6, 2026

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# Maintenance question

 *  [ioannislazaridis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioannislazaridis/)
 * (@ioannislazaridis)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-question-2/)
 * Hi [@petersplugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petersplugins/),I saw the 
   retirement notice and the “feel free to fork” comment, so I wanted to reach out
   before doing anything. I had a look through version 4.0.6 and it looks like the
   plugin needs a few updates to keep working properly with current PHP versions.
   The ecosystem has moved on a bit, and there are a few specific things I’d rather
   share with you privately. I couldn’t find an email address on your site, so I
   thought I’d contact you here.
 * Rather than forking it, I’d prefer to take the plugin over properly if you’d 
   be open to that. I saw that you handed 404page over to NerdPress, and I’d be 
   happy to do something similar. Since it has under 10k users, I believe it can
   be transferred directly from the plugin’s Advanced tab if you’re willing.If you’d
   rather just leave it as it is, no problem at all. Either way, thank you for building
   it and maintaining it for as long as you did.
    -  This topic was modified 1 week, 5 days ago by [ioannislazaridis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioannislazaridis/).
    -  This topic was modified 1 week, 5 days ago by [ioannislazaridis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ioannislazaridis/).

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