Title: Unexplained Codex Changes
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Unexplained Codex Changes

 *  Resolved [weathervane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weathervane/)
 * (@weathervane)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/)
 * Recently, changes were made to the plugins listing/codex (author and plugin link
   s were removed). Why are changes to the codex made weithout notice or explanation?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877222)
 * Those were made and announced months ago on wpdevl.wordpress.com and the developer
   mailing lists.
 * Authors are still listed in the bottom.
 *  Thread Starter [weathervane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weathervane/)
 * (@weathervane)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877226)
 * “wpdevl.wordpress.com” is not a valid URL.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877227)
 * Sorry, [http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/](http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/) I ALWAYS
   miss that second e for some reason >.<
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877246)
 * The various changes to the plugin compatibility pages on the Codex specifically
   were discussed on the docs mailing list, also. (This happened a long time ago.)
 *  Thread Starter [weathervane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weathervane/)
 * (@weathervane)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877533)
 * I do appreciate that you’ve each taken a moment to respond. What it leaves me
   wondering is how is anyone to know if a plugin was removed because it was harmful
   or [I can’t quite find a word I want here but it would mean that the plugin author
   was taking information from the blog where it was installed]. I know it’s a little
   extra work but it might help some of us if there were a log for removed plugins
   with withdrawal status (like, withdrawn by author, withdrawn by repository manager,
   etc.). And having Codex changes circulated by a mailing list means only people
   who now about that mailing list and are on it would know about it.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877534)
 * Why would that information be needed? Surely that’s between wordpress.org and
   the plugin’s developer?
 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877535)
 * If you are a plugin developer it is more or less expected that you read these
   things.
 * With regard to deleted plugins, feel free to email [plugins@wordpress.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/plugins@wordpress.org?output_format=md)
   and ask them for a list, but I know not what records they keep of these things.
   But you’d probably be better off askinh about a specific plugin, rather than 
   a generalisation.
 * I know that some plugins have been removed because of harmful code and some others
   because they were commercial.
 *  Thread Starter [weathervane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weathervane/)
 * (@weathervane)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877536)
 * ESMI: By the time the plugin is removed, how many instances have been downloaded?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877537)
 * And? There is no warranty on the part of wordpress.org with regard to 3rd party
   plugins. This is the same with **any** open source project.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unexplained-codex-changes/#post-1877537)
 * Status: resolved

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