bbP Markdown
by Markus Echterhoff · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 180+ installs across the portfolio →
Elegant Markdown support for your bbPress forums.
46 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.27, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2791 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
31
now · peak 68
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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
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
7.6y ago
latest release · v1.5
6
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bigue Nique5.3y ago
Amazing! Anyone has been looking for a Markdown editor for the bbPress forums? I’ve been turning the Internet upside down to get exactly what this plugin does! It works as expected with bbPress, but with the BuddyBoss Platform forums too! You just need to adjust your theme’s CSS rules for proper display in the preview tab, otherwise, everything works like I couldn’t dare to dream! Thanks for this simple yet essential plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ohfuchs7.7y ago
The plugin works well. I think I will give it a try and use it in my next project.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eliot Akira8.2y ago
Thank you for this well-designed plugin, it works seamlessly with existing bbPress setup. I appreciate the effort and thought put into it, for example, how it integrates techniques from several other related plugins, and how it uninstalls cleanly. One thing I wish it had is a way to apply the same Markdown editor to normal comments as well. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by Eliot Akira.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
-
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
GD bbPress Attachments 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
bbp style pack 6K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for bbP Markdown into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/bbp-markdown" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="bbP Markdown — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> bbP Markdown: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbp-markdown