Maybe the time has come for a reset of plugin compatibility, with a revised set of standards which Notepad++ and plugins need to adhere to.
IMO, the management of plugin compatibility is for plugins which cannot run previous certain versions, for example a plugin cannot be loaded/run under v7.8.4 and the previous versions because the API used by the plugin in question was introduced from v7.8.5.
In our actual situation, I don’t see how the plugin compatibility management can help, since the plugins are supposed to work in current version of Notepad++ and its future versions.