bbPress – Notices
by Pippin Williamson · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 760+ installs across the portfolio →
An extension for bbPress to easily show notices at the top of all forum pages.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈41 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Under-ranked on “mordauk”. wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #13. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,768 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 4336 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4336 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 | #10 | #7 | up 2 |
| mordauk your tag | #24 | #13 | 0 |
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forums your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notices your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Under-ranked on “mordauk”. wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #13. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
- “bbpress”, “forums” and “notices” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 87 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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 21 Oct 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 · v1.0.1 · 17 Dec 2014
2
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ lenkaiser10.6y ago
This works on WP 4.4.2 just fine. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Leonardo Drummond11.8y ago
This plugin is just awesome, and super simple! I would recommend to anyone running bbpress!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stefano12.3y ago
Took a second to set up a notice with no problems – great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ glyndavidson12.9y ago
great plugin, worked straight out of the box, no issues
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ macs13.1y ago
a great plugin and an outstanding contribution to the community 🙂 One requests though, can you please help me make it work with shortcodes? it cant seem to work with any shortcode 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Brian13.3y ago
No issues; works as intended.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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 "An extension for bbPress to easily show notices at the top of all forum pages."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 274 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", "mordauk", "Pippin Williamson" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-08 30+ → 40+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 40+ → 30+ down after 450 days in tier
- 2025-06-07 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-06 40+ → 50+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2025-04-10 50+ → 40+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 50+ → 40+ down after 406 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 60+ → 50+ down after 4 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 Custom Reply Notifications 70+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Private Replies 200+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Mark as Read 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Admin Notes 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - A AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals 500+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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