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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the WordPress.org Plugin and Theme APIs to expose structured metadata when items are closed, removed, suspended, or no longer maintained, enabling WordPress Core and monitoring tools to detect and act upon closed or outdated dependencies.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    • Themes_API_Test.php: Adds unit tests validating the closure and outdated field mappings.

Props mralidoosti.

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  • 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    • Plugin and theme information responses now include availability status, closure details, and outdated notices where applicable.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 available.
    • Theme information responses can identify suspended themes and provide suspension details.
    • Plugin information includes a security-issue indicator where 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.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: obenland

Merge Risk: 🟑 Moderate · up to 694ae

Suspended-theme metadata may be unavailable to WordPress Core, and some API fields can be incorrect or appear despite being disabled. Resolve the Core response contract before merging; the remaining response issues also warrant correction.

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- 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
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lines 531-531 for the nested get_posts() call, and at
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- 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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- Line 69: Replace the encoded apostrophe with a plain-text apostrophe in the
`outdated_notice` translation and the matching active-plugin notice, keeping
both notices’ wording otherwise unchanged.

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- Around line 548-562: Apply $this->fields when constructing the suspended-theme
response so explicit exclusions, including closed_date and the other optional
lifecycle fields, are omitted when requested; preserve the existing response
values for fields that remain included.
- Line 1005: Update the delisted-theme `closed_date` assignment to use the
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'reason' => $close_data['public'] ? $close_data['reason'] : false,
'reason_text' => $close_data['public'] ? $close_data['label'] : false,
'is_outdated' => Template::is_plugin_outdated( $post ),
'outdated_notice' => Template::is_plugin_outdated( $post ) ? __( 'This plugin hasn&#146;t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.', 'wporg-plugins' ) : '',

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟑 Minor | ⚑ Quick win

Use a plain-text apostrophe in outdated_notice.

When a client displays this API field as text, it can show hasn&#146;t instead of hasn’t. The active-plugin notice on Line 193 has the same text. Replace the entity in both notices with an apostrophe. WordPress __() returns translated text; it does not decode HTML entities. (developer.wordpress.org)

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[error] 69-69: Function __ invoked with 2 parameters, 1 required.

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$this->response = (object) array(
'error' => 'closed',
'name' => $theme->post_title,
'slug' => $theme->post_name,
'description' => __( 'This theme has been suspended and is not available for download.', 'wporg-themes' ),
'status' => 'suspend',
'closed' => true,
'is_closed' => true,
'is_suspended' => true,
'closed_date' => $close_date,
'reason' => $reason,
'reason_text' => ( 'security-issue' === $reason ) ? __( 'Security Issue', 'wporg-themes' ) : __( 'Suspended', 'wporg-themes' ),
'is_outdated' => false,
'outdated_notice' => '',
);

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πŸ—„οΈ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟑 Minor | ⚑ Quick win

Apply requested fields to suspended-theme metadata.

If a client sets fields[closed_date]=false, this response still includes closed_date. The same problem affects the other optional lifecycle fields. Apply $this->fields when building the suspended-theme response so explicit exclusions work.

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[error] 552-552: Function __ invoked with 2 parameters, 1 required.

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[error] 559-559: Function __ invoked with 2 parameters, 1 required.

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[error] 559-559: Function __ invoked with 2 parameters, 1 required.

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around lines 548 - 562:
Apply $this->fields when constructing the suspended-theme response so explicit
exclusions, including closed_date and the other optional lifecycle fields, are
omitted when requested; preserve the existing response values for fields that
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}

if ( $this->fields['closed_date'] ) {
$phil->closed_date = $is_delisted ? get_post_modified_time( 'Y-m-d', true, $theme->ID, true ) : false;

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πŸ—„οΈ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟑 Minor | ⚑ Quick win

Use the stored closure date for delisted themes.

If a delisted theme is edited after closure, get_post_modified_time() reports the edit date as closed_date. Read theme_closed_date, as the suspended-theme path does, and use the modification date only when no closure date is stored.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at
@wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-themes-api.php
at line 1005:
Update the delisted-theme `closed_date` assignment to use the stored
`theme_closed_date` value, falling back to `get_post_modified_time()` only when
no closure date is stored; leave the non-delisted behavior unchanged.

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