bbPress Members Only
by Tomas · Membership
bbPress Members Only restricts Your bbPress forums to logged in/registered members.
56 health vs 70 average across 114 Membership plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 603 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
81
now · peak 413
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-15 300+ → 200+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2025-01-01 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-31 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-30 200+ → 300+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-12-22 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-21 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-12-19 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-12-15 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - U Ultimate Member – reCAPTCHA 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress 5K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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