BuddyPress Automatic Friends vs Registration Options for BuddyPress

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

BuddyPress Automatic Friends

by Steven Word

Health D45

Registration Options for BuddyPress

by Brian Messenlehner

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

BuddyPress Automatic Friends Registration Options for BuddyPress

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	BuddyPress Automatic Friends	Registration Options for BuddyPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	6/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.28★ ✓
Reviews	5	33 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	56/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	4.6y ago	3.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	85	330 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

BuddyPress Automatic Friends Registration Options for BuddyPress

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.