bbp style pack

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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.

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63 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 46 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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

Crossed into this band 15 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ tomas25478

   1.5y ago

   The support really works and the features are great.

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2. ★★★★★ lepatachou

   1.5y ago

   Dozens of options for your forum. Makes setting up much easier.

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3. ★★★★★ harryleung

   1.9y ago

   First of all, this plugin is great and very useful. Thank you for your work!I would like to report a bug. In the Unread Posts tab, for the 6th option, Opt-in or Opt-out options, I selected the Allow users to opt-in option. However, I noticed that the “Mark all topics as read” button still appears on the page for users who have not chosen to enable the “Display unread icons” feature or for users who are not logged in. I believe this is a bug because this button is meaningless for those users. I also saw that the code for this feature is no longer maintained, but I would really appreciate it if you could fix this bug. I tried custom the function code but it didn’t work… function bsp_add_unread_actions () {    global $bsp_style_settings_unread ;    if (!is_user_logged_in()) return;    $user = wp_get_current_user();    $user_id = $user->ID;    $optinout = (!empty(get_user_meta($user_id, 'bsp_unread_optinout', true)) ? get_user_meta($user_id, 'bsp_unread_optinout', true) : '');    $show_unread = false;    if ($bsp_style_settings_unread['optinout'] == 1) {        $show_unread = true;    }    elseif ($bsp_style_settings_unread['optinout'] == 2 && $optinout == 1) {        $show_unread = true;    }    elseif ($bsp_style_settings_unread['optinout'] == 3 && $optinout != 2) {        $show_unread = true;    }    if ($show_unread) {        add_action("bbp_theme_before_topic_title", "bsp_ur_icon_wrapper_begin");        add_action("bbp_template_after_single_topic", "bsp_ur_on_topic_visit");        add_action('bbp_theme_before_forum_title', 'bsp_unread_forum_icons');        add_action('bbp_template_before_single_forum', 'bsp_test_mark_as_read');    }}

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4. ★★★★★ astrologiamb

   2.5y ago

   I need to show the forum name on my notification email, this plugin solved my problem

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5. ★★★★★ itsmifred

   2.6y ago

   this plugin is a Swiss army knife and its author is extremely helpful and responsive, thank him!

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6. ★★★★★ Oliver

   2.7y ago

   Best support ever

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7. ★★★★★ trucmortal

   3.1y ago

   your approach to the matter is very convenient in practice for the user. thx!

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8. ★★★★★ TreeTrail

   3.2y ago

   “bbp style pack” is a really great free WordPress plugin! When I used their free support this week, codejp3 was super awesome. I needed help on another occasion and Robin Wilson was fantastic!!! This plugin adds all of the functionality to make bbPress most useful and user friendly. Thanks!!! This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by TreeTrail. Reason: Update

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 6.4.7 Fix an security issue with topic additional fields – with thanks to “Artus KG” for both finding the issue and helping with the fix. 6.4.7
2. — Version 6.4.6 Fix an issue with topic additional fields 6.4.6
3. — Version 6.4.5 A minor change to the bsp-display-forum-index shortcode to correctly allow hiding of breadcrumbs if desired. 6.4.5
4. — Version 6.4.4 *A fix for version 6.4.3 which threw an error if you had not updated to WordPress 6.9′. *I’ve added an iption in the bbpress bug fixes tab to remove the Load Text domain notice if you are uisng a child theme 6.4.4
5. — Version 6.4.3 *A fix for ‘Deprecated: Function seems_utf8 is deprecated since version 6.9.0! Use wp_is_valid_utf8() instead’. 6.4.3
6. — Version 6.4.2 *minor fix for deprecated function in includes/buddypress.php 6.4.2

All 4 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (6.5.3). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 bbp style pack <= 6.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name ↗
   2026-09-30 CVE-2026-101925 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.4.8 Patched in 6.4.9
2. Patched Medium · 6.4 bbp style pack <= 6.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Topic Form Additional Fields ↗
   2026-07-10 CVE-2026-15010 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.4.5 Patched in 6.4.6
3. Patched Medium · 6.4 bbp style pack <= 5.6.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-09-28 CVE-2023-44984 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 5.6.8 Patched in 5.6.8
4. Patched Medium · 6.1 bbp style pack <= 5.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-05-30 CVE-2023-33997 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 5.5.6 Patched in 5.5.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 9 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-07-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 480 days in tier
2. 2024-04-02 8K+ → 7K+ down after 450 days in tier
3. 2023-01-08 9K+ → 8K+ down after 637 days in tier
4. 2021-04-11 8K+ → 9K+ up after 330 days in tier
5. 2020-05-16 7K+ → 8K+ up after 472 days in tier
6. 2019-01-30 5K+ → 7K+ up after 453 days in tier
7. 2017-11-03 4K+ → 5K+ up after 164 days in tier
8. 2017-05-23 1K+ → 4K+ up after 623 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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bbp style pack: 6K+ active installs, 4.9★ (100 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbp-style-pack