{"id":18838817,"date":"2026-03-02T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=18838817"},"modified":"2026-03-03T03:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:53:41","slug":"why-moment-js-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/why-moment-js-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why moment.js in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This may be a great plugin, but the fact that it&#8217;s still using moment.js is a HUGE red flag! To me, this says that the plugin isn&#8217;t being <strong>**seriously**<\/strong> maintained. The below information is directly from the builders\/maintainers of Moment.js:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We now generally consider Moment to be a legacy project in maintenance mode. It is not&nbsp;<em>dead<\/em>, but it is indeed&nbsp;<em>done<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, this means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>We will not be adding new features or capabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will not be changing Moment&#8217;s API to be immutable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will not be addressing tree shaking or bundle size issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will not be making&nbsp;<em>any<\/em>&nbsp;major changes (no version 3).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We may choose to not fix bugs or behavioral quirks, especially if they are long-standing known issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18838817","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18838817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18838817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18838927,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18838817\/revisions\/18838927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18838817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}