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Trac ticket: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8447
Meta Trac #8447

Overview

Enhances the WordPress.org Plugin and Theme APIs to expose structured metadata when items are closed, removed, suspended, or no longer maintained, enabling WordPress Core and monitoring tools to detect and act upon closed or outdated dependencies.

Summary of Changes

  1. Plugin API (wordpress.org/.../plugin-directory/):

    • Plugin::plugin_info(): Exposes status, is_outdated, outdated_notice, and is_security when closed or disabled.
    • Plugin::plugin_info_data(): Explicitly returns closed => false, closed_date => false, reason => false, status => 'publish', and is_outdated for active plugins.
    • Plugins_Info_API_Request: Adds the new fields to $fields and default field sets so they are not stripped during field sanitation.
    • alter_update(): Injects closed, closed_date, and closed_reason into $plugin_info during update checks when closure data is present.
  2. Theme API (wordpress.org/.../theme-directory/ & api.wordpress.org/.../themes/info/):

    • Themes_API::theme_information(): Checks for suspended themes (post_status = 'suspend') instead of returning generic 404 miss, returning error => 'closed', closed => true, status => 'suspend', is_suspended => true, closed_date, and reason.
    • Themes_API::fill_theme(): Returns closed, status, is_suspended, is_outdated, and outdated_notice (for themes not updated in over 2 years).
    • Themes_API: Preserves backward-compatibility by returning false for THEMES_API_VERSION < 1.2 when errors occur.
    • themes/info/1.0/index.php: Avoids poisoning theme_information_error with not_found cache when an item is closed/suspended.
    • themes-api.php: Adds cache purging for suspend_repopackage and publish_repopackage.
    • Themes_API_Test.php: Adds unit tests validating the closure and outdated field mappings.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Plugin and theme information responses now include availability status, closure details, and outdated notices where applicable.
    • Plugin update responses now include closure status, date, and reason when a plugin is closed.
    • Theme information responses can identify suspended themes and provide suspension details.
    • Plugin responses identify security-related closures when applicable.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Older theme API versions continue to receive the legacy false response for unavailable or closed themes.
    • Closed-theme errors are no longer cached as theme-not-found responses.

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Plugin and theme APIs expose closure, status, security, and outdated metadata. Theme information requests handle suspended themes and preserve legacy error responses. Theme caches are cleared when a theme is suspended or published.

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Plugin and theme lifecycle API metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Plugin lifecycle response fields
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/standalone/class-plugins-info-api-request.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/api/routes/class-plugin.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/standalone/plugin-update-helpers.php
Plugin information responses recognize lifecycle fields and enable them by default under the specified conditions. Closed and published plugin responses include lifecycle metadata. Update responses include closure metadata when available.
Theme lifecycle fields and lookup
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-themes-api.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/tests/Themes_API_Test.php
Theme information responses populate status, closure, suspension, and outdated fields. A failed published-theme lookup returns suspension details when a suspended theme exists. Tests cover field normalization.
Theme error compatibility and cache updates
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-themes-api.php, api.wordpress.org/public_html/themes/info/1.0/index.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/themes-api.php
Closed theme errors receive legacy handling and a 404 response. Theme-information 404 caching excludes closed errors. Suspension and publication clear the theme’s update-check, theme-information error, and theme-info caches.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e36b9

Core cannot use the new suspension metadata through its normal themes API path, and theme responses can include closure fields callers explicitly disabled. Resolve the suspension response before merging.

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@wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-themes-api.php:
- Around line 986-989: Update the closure-field handling in the method
containing the `fields['closed']` and `fields['is_closed']` checks so each
property is assigned only when its corresponding field is enabled: guard
`closed` with `fields['closed']` and `is_closed` with `fields['is_closed']`,
preserving explicit exclusions independently.
- Line 531: Correct the multiline parenthesis placement rejected by PHP Coding
Standards at
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-themes-api.php
lines 531-531 for the nested get_posts() call, and at
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/tests/Themes_API_Test.php
lines 295-295 and 329-329 for the two nested make_api() calls. Apply the
required placement consistently at all three sites.
- Line 548: Update the suspended-theme response construction around the error
property so API 1.2 consumers receive is_suspended, closed_date, and reason
without an error value that triggers Core’s response conversion; preserve the
legacy error response for clients that require it.

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