Plugin audit
bbPress
bbPress has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
40+
Rating
5.0★
wp.org · 6 reviews
Downloads / 30d
74
Momentum
-7% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #12 pippin williamson
- #18 pippin
- #24 mordauk
Tags still to break into the top 24: bbpress, forums, notices.
What to fix first
- 1
Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
No update in 145 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
- 2
Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 7.1. Matching the current branch keeps its full search weight.
- 3
Ask happy users for a review
6 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 4
wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #13. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
- 5
One page off on “pippin williamson”
#12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 6
“forums” and “notices” aren't earning a slot
You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Ranking signals
Listing score 38/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 4341 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Holding it back
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Holding it back
5.0★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
No update in 145 months
Criticalwp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
What to do: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
Readme fails 6 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for, headings and lists, enough to quote and tags match the text. No FAQ section.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 6 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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