@GATEOverflow That's great for live testing the available free open-source plugins. Although it might be too high maintenance in the long run.
I've created a pull request for the Q2A Docs with a solution to show badges for the up-to-date plugins.
If it ends up being merged, people just need to update their plugins `metadata.json` files once a year, and it will automatically reflect on the Q2A Docs. (screenshots included there)
https://github.com/q2a/q2a.github.io/pull/90
* Plugins that have been updated within a year, will show up with a - Green badge.
* Plugins updated within a 2 year span - Blue badge
* 3 years - Yellow
* 4 years and up - Grey
* Older plugins that do not have a `metadata.json` file will show as - Unknown
If we know that the plugins we use/develop are currently working properly, we just have to update their `metadata.json` dates once a year, or create pull requests for other people's plugins that we know they're working properly.
> NOTE: Only the 'date' needs to be updated on the `metadata.json` file, the plugin version can remain the same.