Title: OutPlug
Author: Lens Digital
Published: <strong>1. Dezember 2025</strong>
Last modified: 1. Dezember 2025

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# OutPlug

 Von [Lens Digital](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lensdigital/)

[Herunterladen](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/outplug.zip)

 * [Details](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/outplug/#description)
 * [Rezensionen](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/outplug/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/outplug/#installation)
 * [Entwicklung](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/outplug/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/outplug/)

## Beschreibung

OutPlug helps WordPress site owners:

 * Detect plugins that haven’t been updated in a configurable number of months.
 * Highlight outdated plugins in the admin plugin list.
 * Display stale plugins in a dashboard widget with a red exclamation mark.
 * Optionally send email alerts to the site administrator when stale plugins are
   detected.

OutPlug is lightweight, safe, and follows WordPress best practices using the Settings
API and transients for caching.

### External services

This plugin connects to an API to obtain plugin information via the WordPress Plugin
API, it’s needed to show the date the plugin was last updated.

It sends the each individual plugin to the API to determine the information either
when the page is loaded or when it is refreshed.

More information can be found at https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/

### Arbitrary Section

Optional configuration file: `outplug-config.php`
 – `stale_months` : integer, months
before plugin is considered stale – `send_emails` : boolean, send email alerts to
admin – `debug` : boolean, log debug info to PHP error log

## Installation

 1. Upload the `outplug` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Tools > OutPlug** to configure the settings:
 4.  * Set the number of months before a plugin is considered stale.
     * Enable or disable email alerts to the admin.
 5. Optionally create `outplug-config.php` in the plugin folder to override defaults.

## FAQ

### Does OutPlug update plugins automatically?

No. OutPlug only monitors plugin updates and alerts the admin. Updating plugins 
is still a manual or automatic WordPress process.

### Can I change how many months before a plugin is considered stale?

Yes. Either use the settings page under Tools > OutPlug or create a config file (`
outplug-config.php`) with `'stale_months' => X`.

### Does OutPlug send emails?

It can. Enable the **Send email alerts** option in the settings or via the config
file `'send_emails' => true`.

## Rezensionen

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Mitwirkende & Entwickler

„OutPlug“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem Plugin mitgewirkt:

Mitwirkende

 *   [ Lens Digital ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lensdigital/)

[Übersetze „OutPlug“ in deine Sprache.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/outplug)

### Interessiert an der Entwicklung?

[Durchstöbere den Code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/outplug/), sieh
dir das [SVN Repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/outplug/) an oder abonniere
das [Entwicklungsprotokoll](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/outplug/) per
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/outplug/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Änderungsprotokoll

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Plugin scanning and highlighting of stale plugins
 * Dashboard widget showing stale plugins
 * Settings page with months/email options
 * Optional debug logging

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **vor 6 Monaten**
 *  Active installations **Weniger als 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.8 oder höher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 oder höher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/outplug/)
 * Tag
 * [monitor](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/monitor/)
 *  [Erweiterte Ansicht](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/outplug/advanced/)

## Bewertungen

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## Mitwirkende

 *   [ Lens Digital ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lensdigital/)

## Support

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