bbPress – Mark as Read
by Pippin Williamson · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 770+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple plugin to add Mark as read / Unread links to your bbPress forum topics.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈36 estimated
Momentum
+30%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “forums” for “pippin williamson”. “forums” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pippin williamson” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,770 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 9.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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 7.1.
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 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ 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 | #15 | #16 | up 1 |
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forums your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mark as read your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mark as unread your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mordauk your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search 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
- Swap “forums” for “pippin williamson”. “forums” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pippin williamson” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 83 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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
11.9y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 17 Dec 2014
3
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jakob Helmer11.3y ago
nice work, thanks Pippin.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. 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 plugin to add Mark as read / Unread links to your bbPress forum topics."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 703 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("forums", "Mark as Unread", "mordauk" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-25 40+ → 30+ down after 288 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 50+ → 40+ down after 262 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 60+ → 50+ down after 224 days in tier
- 2024-04-11 70+ → 60+ down after 251 days in tier
- 2023-08-04 80+ → 70+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2023-01-22 90+ → 80+ down after 110 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 90+ down after 997 days in tier
- 2020-01-11 200+ → 100+ down after 465 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★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbPress Custom Reply Notifications 80+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Notices 40+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Admin Notes 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbPress Pencil Unread 100+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for bbPress – Mark as Read into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/bbpress-mark-as-read" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="bbPress – Mark as Read — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> bbPress – Mark as Read: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbpress-mark-as-read
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