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Incorrect plugin versions temporarily returned by WPackagist
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Description
Hi,
today (2026-09-17) WPackagist temporarily returned incorrect versions for at least two WordPress plugins.
Examples:
pymntpl-paypal-woocommerce
WPackagist offered:
wpackagist-plugin/pymntpl-paypal-woocommerce 2.0.26 => 4.0.12
Composer then tried to download:
https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pymntpl-paypal-woocommerce.4.0.12.zip
which returned HTTP 404.
The actual current version is 2.0.26.
repeater-for-contact-form-7
WPackagist offered:
wpackagist-plugin/repeater-for-contact-form-7 4.8.0 => 7.8.0
The actual current version is 4.8.0.
This occurred during normal composer update runs and affected multiple independent projects.
A short time later, running composer update again resulted in WPackagist correcting both versions:
Downgrading wpackagist-plugin/pymntpl-paypal-woocommerce (4.0.12 => 2.0.26)
Downgrading wpackagist-plugin/repeater-for-contact-form-7 (7.8.0 => 4.8.0)
So the incorrect metadata appears to have been temporary.
Could you please check whether there was an issue with the WordPress.org/SVN metadata synchronization or version parsing?
Thanks!
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Start by examining the WordPress.org/SVN metadata synchronization and version-parsing entry points, then reproduce the report with Composer update for the two named plugins. Done means WPackagist consistently publishes the actual versions 2.0.26 and 4.8.0, and Composer no longer requests the 404 download URLs.
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- php, wordpress
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- backend, release
- Issue type
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