bbPress Topic Thumbnails
by Shane Gowland · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides bbPress with support for topic thumbnails.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈260 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “bbpress”, “image” and “thumbnail” 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.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 9.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4885 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4885 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnails your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| topic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “bbpress”, “image” and “thumbnail” 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 116 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
13.4y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 16 Jun 2013
3
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.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alexlii8.7y ago
it still work, but I found the size of Thumbnail is not same, please check the screenshot: http://prntscr.com/ilqdox TWO Feature suggestion for great looking: 1# is it possible define image size same with center viewpoint? 2# BTW, it would be great if the topic title is over the Thumbnail, so that more than one Thumbnails will be shown up if there are more that one images in one topic, possible?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Majijiboo12.6y ago
Works well. Can be a bit buggy if image sizes aren’t right.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Scaffies12.8y ago
Absolutely brilliant! We have been looking for this topic preview for a while and finally found this. It works perfectly as described – and enhances our BuddyPress community site hugely! VERY VERY happy!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sosyalorgu13.6y ago
good plugin 🙂 img class=”alignleft” is set to get better results.
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
4 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 581 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-28 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 200+ → 100+ down after 276 days in tier
- 2025-06-21 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-20 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-16 200+ → 100+ down 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).
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Thumbnail Upscale 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
Regenerate Thumbnails 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Force Regenerate Thumbnails 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - A AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
- M Multiple Post Thumbnails 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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