Plugin audit
BuddyPress Friends On-Line
BuddyPress Friends On-Line has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
10+
Rating
5.0★
wp.org · 3 reviews
Downloads / 30d
38
Momentum
0% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Not yet in the top 24 results for any search we track. The fixes below are what move it in.
Tags still to break into the top 24: buddypress, friends, on line.
What to fix first
- 1
Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
No update in 151 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
- 2
Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind. Matching the current branch keeps its full search weight.
- 3
Ask happy users for a review
3 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 4
“friends”, “on line” and “online” 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.
- 5
Readme fails 6 of 8 AI readiness checks
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.
Ranking signals
Listing score 42/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 4540 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Holding it back
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
- Rating quality Holding it back
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
No update in 151 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, names what it works with, headings and lists and enough to quote. 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 3 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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