AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions
by Markus Echterhoff · Email & Marketing
Also makes 8 other plugins · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
Email notifications done right. No BCC lists, no added page load time, better performance.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “bbpress”, “cron” and “email” 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.
48 health vs 66 average across 2,124 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 7.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing 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
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2310 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2310 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cron your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscription your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “bbpress”, “cron” and “email” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 100 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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.
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 yearHow 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
6.3y ago
latest release · v3.7 · 6 Jul 2020
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and the previous band took 2.5 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 3 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wpturk7.7y ago
Thanks for your extraordinary support!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WP Royal8.7y ago
very useful plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ strike39.2y ago
We have a lot of users on our forum. BBPress notifications were not going out because we were over our hosting limits for email. Among other things, this plugin forces BBPress to send a separate email to each user (instead of one massive email that BCCs all subscribers). We combined this with a email queue plugin, and now we are sending out emails to hundreds of users and staying under our hosting provider’s email limits. Woohoo!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rodolvertice10.4y ago
My users weren’t getting any emails until I installed this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cfk4spk10.6y ago
This plugin absolutely fixes the “issues” that bbPress created when they switched to their bcc setup for subscribing to forums and topics! bbPress bcc idea has its positive side, but it also has a negative side, in that it “breaks” some mailing service systems. AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions FIXES that! This plugin NEEDS to be incorporated into bbPress core! This is the way the subscriptions should work — in the first place!! And the author’s support of this plugin could not be better! THANK YOU, Markus!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ isabel10410.7y ago
By default, the bbPress forum reply notification emails were not being delivered to any forum subscribers. This plugin fixed that, immediately. Upon installing the plugin, the reply notification emails will just work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pazzaglia11.2y ago
When I discovered that bbpress BY DEFAULT bcc’s all of the participants of a topic in an e-mail – revealing their e-mail address when viewing the full header of a new topic modification I was shocked. WordPress and BBpress use bbpress use bbpress in their support forums and have made this fix for themselves – but not the CORE. WHYW?!? I don’t know. I’m just glad that this plugin was available as a quick-fix and hope that WordPress will WAKE UP about this obvious flaw and fix it for everyone.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ redpelon11.2y ago
The stupid change in bbpress to the bcc option totally broke my site functionality; I created a [email protected] email, and yes, emails were being sent to that address, but the actual person who created the bbpress topic never received an email.. i wasted 8 hours of my life trying to fix this problem, then I found this plugin… in 10 seconds it solved the entire problem… THANK YOu Markus, and a small “screw you” to bbpress for changing that.. they should at least give one the option of how they want their emails handled..
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more
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 30 Oct 2026Can 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 Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("No emails are being sent").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,710 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 100+ → 90+ down after 909 days in tier
- 2024-05-06 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-03 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-02 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-01 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-04-25 200+ → 100+ down after 1 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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ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Updates Notifier 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - S Subscribe to Comments 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
SAR Friendly SMTP 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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