bbPress Pencil Unread
by grosbouff · Uncategorized
bbPress Pencil Unread display which bbPress forums/topics have already been read by the user.
49 health vs 59 average across 6,717 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2377 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
66
now · peak 173
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-31 200+ → 100+ down after 17 days in band
- 2025-03-14 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-03-10 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-03-06 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-05 200+ → 100+ down after 464 days in band
- 2023-11-27 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-11-25 200+ → 300+ up after 15 days in band
- 2023-11-10 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B bbPress New Topics 100+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbPress Code Snippets 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbPress Popular Topics 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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