Is Easy Table of Contents still maintained?

Yes. The WordPress.org directory shows the last release of Easy Table of Contents on 16 October 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3. On the evidence the directory publishes, there is nothing here that should worry you.

The evidence

Every figure below is read from the WordPress.org plugin directory. Nothing here is our assessment of the code.

Maintenance signals for Easy Table of Contents, from the WordPress.org directory
Last release16 October 2026 (less than a month ago)
Current version2.0.89
Tested up toWordPress 7.1.3 (current is 7.1.3)
Requires PHP5.6.20
Active installsAt least 600,000 sites (the directory reports a rounded floor, not an exact count)
Support threads5 in the last two months, too few for the share resolved to mean much
Directory statusListed
Read from the directory21 October 2026

What these signals mean

Two things the directory publishes say a plugin is being kept up, and this one shows both: a recent release, and a tested-up-to version close to current WordPress. Neither is about the quality of the code. They are about whether anyone will be there when something changes underneath it.

That is worth checking again in a year rather than treating as settled. Plugins change hands, authors move on, and a plugin that is maintained today is not automatically maintained at the next WordPress release.

What to do about it

Nothing. Keep it updated and check again in a year.

If you are choosing between this and something else, the maintenance signals here are the ones worth weighing: they say more about whether the plugin will still work after the next WordPress release than a feature comparison does.

Is a site you look after running Easy Table of Contents?

Our free WordPress plugin checker reads any public site and lists the plugins it loads, with the same maintenance signals as the table above for each one. No login and no signup, so it works on a client’s site before you have access to it.

How Easy Table of Contents compares in its category

The WordPress.org directory files Easy Table of Contents under the "table-of-contents" tag. We read the first 24 plugins the directory lists there and kept the ones that have shipped a release in the last year and are installed on at least 10,000 sites. Each author picks their own plugin's tags, so sharing one means two plugins are listed side by side, not that they do the same job.

Easy Table of Contents beside the maintained plugins in the directory’s “table-of-contents” tag
PluginActive installsLast release
Easy Table of Contents (this plugin)At least 600,000 sites16 October 2026
Table of Contents PlusAt least 200,000 sites17 September 2026
SimpleTOCAt least 10,000 sites3 October 2026
Table Of Contents BlockAt least 10,000 sites9 September 2026

Of the four plugins in the table, Easy Table of Contents is the most widely installed, on at least 600,000 sites against at least 200,000 sites for Table of Contents Plus, the next largest. An install count measures how many sites depend on a plugin, not how good it is. What reach does buy is a larger pool of people who notice a breaking change early and report it.

Its last release, on 16 October 2026, is the most recent in the table. All of them released within 37 days of each other, so on this signal there is nothing between them.

Nothing here is a reason to move off Easy Table of Contents. Every plugin in the table passes the same maintenance bar this page applies to it, so the comparison is for choosing between them, and what each one actually does on your site should decide that.

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Questions

When was Easy Table of Contents last updated?

The WordPress.org directory records its most recent release as 16 October 2026. That date is read from the directory each time this page is built, and the page states when it was read.

How can I tell if a WordPress plugin is still maintained?

Three things, all published by the directory on the plugin's own listing: how long ago the last release was, which WordPress version the author says they tested against, and whether the directory still lists it. None of them is about code quality. Together they say whether anybody will be there when PHP or WordPress changes underneath the plugin, which is what actually decides whether it keeps working.

Is Easy Table of Contents a security risk?

We do not know, and nothing on this page is a security finding. Vulnerability data for WordPress plugins sits behind paid commercial APIs, and guessing at it from a version number either alarms people about plugins that are fine or implies that everything unflagged has been checked and is safe. Both are worse than saying nothing. What this page reports is maintenance: when the plugin last shipped, which WordPress version its author last tested against, and whether the directory still lists it. Those are facts the directory publishes, and they are what predicts whether a plugin will still work after the next core release.

Read from the WordPress.org plugin directory on 21 October 2026. We report maintenance signals only, and never claim a plugin is insecure. All plugins we cover.