bbPress Reports
by Tareq Hasan · Uncategorized
A reporting tool for bbPress
46 health vs 58 average across 7,725 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2316 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
55
now · peak 162
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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-14 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-13 40+ → 50+ up after 24 days in band
- 2026-05-20 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-16 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-15 50+ → 40+ down after 287 days in band
- 2025-08-01 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-07-29 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-28 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B bbP topic count 300+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
- P Post Comments as bbPress Topics 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
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wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
bbp style pack 6K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - P Private groups 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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bbPress WP Tweaks 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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