bbPress Custom Reply Notifications
by Pippin Williamson · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 770+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple bbPress extension to customize the email sent to forum & topic subscribers when a new topic or reply is posted.
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.
Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
-44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “pippin williamson”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,764 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 7.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
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 4338 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4338 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pippin williamson your tag | #11 | #18 | 0 |
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forums your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mordauk your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| replies your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “pippin williamson”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “bbpress”, “forums” and “mordauk” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 177 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
11.9y ago
latest release · v1.4 · 17 Dec 2014
4
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pazzaglia11.6y ago
Allows me to customize new topic alert messages to subscribers, as well as pre-check “notify of follow-up” box (saving me from having to install two plug-ins to do both of these things). I agree with previous reviewer that this could be better with HTML e-mails! I read the plug-in author’s reply to the previous review – noting that another plug-in could be used to enable this- and would like more details on which one if there are no plans for him to add this functionality himself. THANKS! L
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ denniskoster13.0y ago
Plugin does what it says. Would love to be able to send html e-mails though!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A simple bbPress extension to customize the email sent to forum & topic subscribers when a new topic or rep..."
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 253 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("mordauk", "Pippin Williamson", "replies" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-10-25 80+ → 70+ down after 105 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 90+ → 80+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 90+ → 80+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 80+ → 90+ up 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).
- B bbPress – Private Replies 200+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Notices 40+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Mark as Read 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Canned Replies 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Admin Notes 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Newest replies first in bbPress 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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