diff --git a/_plugins/releases.rb b/_plugins/releases.rb
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-# This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on
-# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
-
-#releases.rb generates release pages using files in _releases
-#and assign them the 'release' category.
-
-#This is later used to loop through site.pages in order
-#to display the release's list in version order, both
-#on the "Version history" page and RSS file.
-
-# This plugin also finds the highest required_version of
-# Bitcoin Core and populates the Download page with variables set in
-# that release file
-
-require 'yaml'
-
-module Jekyll
-
-  class ReleasePage < Page
-
-    def initialize(site, base, lang, srcdir, src, output_directory)
-      @site = site
-      @base = base
-      @dir = '/' + output_directory
-
-      ## Read in the file's YAML header
-      self.read_yaml(File.join(base, srcdir), src)
-
-      ## Die if required_ variables aren't set
-      if self.data['required_version']
-        version = self.data['required_version']
-      else
-        abort("Error: Variable required_version not set when processing " + src)
-      end
-
-      ## Output file is v<version>.md (converted later to HTML)
-      output_file = "v" + version + ".md"
-      @name = output_file
-      self.process(output_file)
-
-      ## Title required for <title></title> in _layouts/base.html
-      self.data['title'] = self.data['optional_title'] ? self.data['optional_title'] : "Bitcoin Core version %v released"
-      self.data['title'].gsub!('%v', version)
-
-      ## For translation, but currently always set to "en"
-      self.data['lang'] = lang
-
-      ## Only processes numeric version numbers with up to five decimals
-      self.data['versionint'] = versiontoint(self.data['required_version'])
-
-      self.data['layout'] = 'release'
-      self.data['category'] = 'release'
-
-      ## If this is the highest version we've seen so far...
-      if !site.config.has_key?('DOWNLOAD_VERSION') or site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSIONINT'] < self.data['versionint']
-        site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSIONINT'] = self.data['versionint']
-        site.config['DOWNLOAD_VERSION'] = self.data['required_version']
-
-        site.config['DOWNLOAD_MAGNETLINK'] = self.data['optional_magnetlink'] ? self.data['optional_magnetlink'] : nil
-      end
-    end
-
-    def versiontoint(v)
-      x = 0
-      ar = v.split('.').map{|s| s.to_i}
-      ar.each_index do |k|
-        x += ar[k] * (1000 ** (5 - k))
-      end
-      return x
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  class ReleasePageGenerator < Generator
-    def generate(site)
-
-      #Do nothing if plugin is disabled
-      if !ENV['ENABLED_PLUGINS'].nil? and ENV['ENABLED_PLUGINS'].index('releases').nil?
-        print 'Releases disabled' + "\n"
-        return
-      end
-
-      #generate each release based on templates
-      Dir.foreach('_releases') do |file|
-        next if file == '.' or file == '..'
-        lang = 'en'
-        src = file
-        srcdir = '_releases'
-        output_directory = lang + '/release'
-        site.pages << ReleasePage.new(site, site.source, lang, '_releases', src, output_directory)
-      end
-      #TODO releases are only generated for english language,
-      #but they could also be translated at some point. They would however
-      #need to fallback to english when no translation is available.
-    end
-  end
-
-end