Activity Link Preview For BuddyPress
by Varun Dubey · Social
Also makes 4 other plugins · 590+ installs across the portfolio →
BuddyPress activity link preview displays image, title and description from websites when links are shared in activity posts.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “buddypress”, “open graph” and “social” for “buddypress activity”, “tinyurl” and “preview link”. “buddypress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buddypress activity” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “open graph” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tinyurl” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preview link” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 1,836 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 12.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,277 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2023-02-19Most reviewers are happy with what it does for free, though one couldn't get link previews working on BuddyBoss at all and another wants preview images hosted locally so they hold up on bigger sites.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 96 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddypress activity | #6 | #18 | up 1 |
| link preview your tag | #8 | #18 | down 2 |
| buddypress activity share | #3 | #15 | 0 |
| og preview | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| tinyurl | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| preview | #18 | #13 | down 4 |
| social activity counter | #7 | #20 | down 1 |
| activity your tag | #23 | #23 | down 2 |
| preview link | #14 | #19 | 0 |
| buddypress activity upload | #8 | #17 | 0 |
| buddypress activity streams | #8 | #19 | 0 |
| facebook link preview | #12 | #23 | 0 |
| social activity | #12 | #22 | 0 |
| buddypress activity user | #13 | #22 | 0 |
| website preview | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| open graph your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 34 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “buddypress”, “open graph” and “social” for “buddypress activity”, “tinyurl” and “preview link”. “buddypress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buddypress activity” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “open graph” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tinyurl” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preview link” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 546 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.7.5 · 29 Jul 2026
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 9 Aug 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Billy Wilcosky3.7y ago
Thank you for making this and putting it out for free. It isn’t easy to find link preview features sometimes. Even if it has to be a pro/paid version, you might think about finding a way to have the link preview’s image uploaded to wp-content uploads and then served from there. I’m sure that’s not super easy to do, but in order for this to work consistently and work well on larger sites, the images need to get cached or hosted within the same WordPress installation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marbs4.0y ago
Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MrBubble4.5y ago
I have tried everything to get links from Opensea to show on Buddyboss, and I had high hopes this would finally prove to be the solution… But, nope, it doesnt work at all
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shawfactor5.5y ago
Not a fan of all their plugins but this one does the job perfectly (now that the fixes I suggested have been implemented). Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ onezootree5.6y ago
Brilliant plugin from Wbcom Designs, as always! It creates an additional method for LMS sites to share information with and between students.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.7.5). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "BuddyPress activity link preview displays image, title and description from websites when links are shared..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, REST API, Facebook and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,358 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "open graph" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-08 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-07 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-12-30 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-24 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 100+ → 200+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 200+ → 100+ down after 344 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 300+ → 200+ down after 72 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Open Graph 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
OG Tags 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - B BuddyPress Group Email Subscription 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- O Open Graph Pro 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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WP Social Preview 800+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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