In reply to Daily Shizz (@DailyShizz).

One of the problems associated with keeping plugins up-to-date is the Wordpress.org reliance on plugins to do things which should be in the core.

Over the course of a few years I've made numerous suggestions for additions to core, and the stock answer for the moderators and developers has been 'you can find a plugin to do that'.

Plugins (and themes) come and go - even paid-for ones - so they can't be relied upon.

Answer - much, much more core functionality.

If the core seems to be getting bloated and slow, how about Wordpress.org creating these free, guaranteed-to-be-updated plugins?