bbPress – Private Replies
by Pippin Williamson · Uncategorized
Also makes 14 other plugins · 720+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple plugin to allow your bbPress users to mark their replies as private.
49 health vs 56 average across 16,379 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.35, 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 3608 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
109
now · peak 215
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
12.2y ago
latest release · v1.2
15
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,401 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kiwioa3.0y ago
hope for update since few of security scanner always warn of this abandon plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MCD Diseño Web7.9y ago
Hello, first of all my congratulations to developer and its excellent plugin collaborators, since bbpress does not have this functionality as standard, it is very good if you want to create a support forum.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xtender1119.4y ago
Really cool, but how about adding the following: 1. The ability to make a reply hidden to everyone, except a specific list of users (possibly always including the topic starter). 2. A setting which allows these replies to be hidden entirely. Currently it just creates a block which says “private message” or somesuch. (I am using bbPress for roleplaying games and this would make it easily possible to having multiple threads/activities going in one topic) Finally, thanks for great plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Type Historian10.6y ago
This is an important feature for bbPress—I agree that it should be part of the basic package! This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Type Historian.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Yudhistira Mauris11.6y ago
Great plugin for support forum. Works as expected. Thank you for the plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wenetwork11.7y ago
Perfect, should be core…admin should have the option to tag a message as private.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rene Hermenau11.9y ago
Exactely what i was looking for:-) Thanks guys!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216012.3y ago
I love it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-09 300+ → 200+ down after 377 days in tier
- 2025-07-28 400+ → 300+ down after 372 days in tier
- 2024-07-21 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-20 400+ → 500+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2024-07-11 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-06 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-07-02 400+ → 500+ 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 Custom Reply Notifications 80+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags D
- B bbPress – Notices 30+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 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 B
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