Is Query Monitor still maintained?

Maintained, with caveats

Actively maintained, but 86% of recent support threads are unresolved. The code is being updated; the questions are not being answered.

200K+

Active installs

4.9/5

Rating

2026-06-20

Last update

7.0.4

Tested up to WP

Does the author answer?

Of the last 7 support threads on WordPress.org, 1 are marked resolved and 6 are not — 86% unanswered. The plugin directory shows the threads but never this ratio, which is the part that tells you whether anyone is home.

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Same category, actively maintained ones first.

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Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on 2026-09-16, covering 71,729 plugins. Active install counts are the directory’s own rounded buckets. “Looks abandoned” describes update cadence, not code quality — a simple plugin that does one thing may need no updates, but it also stops being tested against new WordPress releases.