bbPress – Notices
by Pippin Williamson · Uncategorized
An extension for bbPress to easily show notices at the top of all forum pages.
47 health vs 63 average across 4,508 Uncategorized plugins
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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4230 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
27
now · peak 87
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-07 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-06 40+ → 50+ up after 57 days in band
- 2025-04-10 50+ → 40+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-04-02 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-01 50+ → 40+ down after 406 days in band
- 2024-02-20 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-02-16 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-02-14 60+ → 50+ down after 138 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - A AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals 600+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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bbPress Messages 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
bbPress 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/bbpress-notices" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="bbPress – Notices — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> bbPress – Notices: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbpress-notices