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Ads for bbPress

by Stefano Lissa · Uncategorized

Also makes 17 other plugins · 413.7K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Injects ads code (and more) on bbPress pages (top, bottom and between topics and replies)

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.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 43/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

20+

≈27 estimated

Momentum

+3%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “ads”, “adsense” and “affiliate” 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.

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43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 69/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

3.9K

Total downloads

since 2017 · 0.5% still active

3.8/5

Rating

3.0 on wp.org · 2 reviews

+3%

56

Downloads · 30d

category median +7%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.5%

of downloads still active

At least 20 of 3.9K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.

Ratings · 2 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
5.2y ago
Added
2017-02-13 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
5.8.19
Requires PHP
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 2 reviews to 2021-11-18
Mixed PraiseSupport gone quiet

One reviewer got exactly what they wanted, inserting custom blocks into bbPress hooks without code, while another says the shortcodes don't work as advertised and got no reply on the support forum.

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.

44 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 4/100

Updated 1890 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 32/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 51/100

3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 1890 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+3% vs prior 30d
230 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 84 · peaks are release surges

5631 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 21 Oct 2026.

Update activity

Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.

Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

5.2y ago

latest release · v1.0.3 · 28 Aug 2021

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.3 · 28 Aug 20211.0.2 · 14 Feb 20171.0.1 · 13 Feb 20171.0.0 · 13 Feb 2017

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 65% of the way through.

Install history since 3 Jun 2022

2031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ marbs
    5.0y ago

    Plugin does not display shortcodes as advertised on the download page. I deposit a support post but no response from the dev.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ skillsharejp
    5.1y ago

    I wanted a simple way to insert custom messages into bbPress hooks without using any code. Not only ad codes, but I first created a block in block editor, copied and pasted HTML output, and this worked perfectly! Thanks always for wonderful plugins.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Russian 100%
Italian 92%

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

4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 1,912 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "adsense", "affiliate" do not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-20 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-11 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-09 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-08 30+ → 20+ down after 126 days in tier
  6. 2026-02-02 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-29 30+ → 20+ down after 410 days in tier
  8. 2024-12-15 40+ → 30+ down after 18 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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Preview card ↗

Ads for bbPress: 20+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ads-bbpress

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