In reply to julius rosen.

Legacy. That’s about it. And it usually ends up costing the developer money since they bring none in.

I still maintain Redux Framework. It still has over a million active users and apparently is #49 in the WordPress plugin’s top 108 periodic table. We still have far too many users (who are developers), and that’s not even counting their users (in the tens of millions).

I predict it’ll fall under ‘legacy’ by 2030, if then, since theme options are slowly migrating toward Gutenberg blocks, which will eventually include layout. Anything after that, considering the user base and their customers, will be pure maintenance to support future versions of WordPress and PHP. I’m guessing the new owner of Kirki wasn’t making enough to make the effort worth his while? I feel for those users who get left behind. I’d be happy to maintain it, but I’m not paying 30 grand to do so.