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bbPress Unread Posts v2

by Coronoro · Uncategorized

Simple Plugin which shows whether a registered user has read a Post or not.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

51/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

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.

45 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 61/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3921 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+30% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

74

now · peak 170

7430d downloads · Aug 26

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

bbPress Unread Posts · #19394 you bbP topic count · #10331 Post Comments as bbP · #11079 wpForo Forum · #1381

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.5Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
50–60 ≈57

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-12-01 · 1,383 observations

50Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.0.8
Last updated
10.7y ago
Added
2015-04-16 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
Tested up to
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Wilson
    9.5y ago

    Very well! only two caveats: 1. would be nice if the symbol “!” It could be changed 2. it would be nice if the title of the forum became bold if unread

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  2. Editor Mike
    10.5y ago

    This is great, with this plug-in it is like phpBB but betterer. 😉 Seriously this is good, it works too for child forums unlike bbPencil (sic.) Now if I can just make one change I smell a donation coming on! w00t.

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  3. khkkjdadsdasasd
    10.6y ago

    This plugin is really quite good. It displays a small image next to unread topics in forums. Although, I choose to go with the “bbPress Pencil Unread” plugin instead. I prefer the line next to the post over the icon. I think its more minimalist and smooth.

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  4. SirenRose
    10.7y ago

    It works as intended. Giving it 4 stars because it does work as intended. Would give it 5 if I could figure out how to change the icon.

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  5. OVATVC
    11.1y ago

    Great plugin – Does exactly what its supposed to. The behaviour is similar to a phpBB3 bulletin board when displaying unread posts within a forum or topic. Just what I was looking for.

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  6. OVATVC
    11.1y ago

    Great plugin – Does exactly what its supposed to. The behaviour is similar to a phpBB3 bulletin board when displaying unread posts within a forum or topic. Just what I was looking for.

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  7. OVATVC
    11.1y ago

    Great plugin – Does exactly what it’s supposed to. The behaviour is similar to a phpBB3 bulletin board when displaying unread posts within a forum or topic. Just what I was looking for.

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  8. ConfGen
    11.2y ago

    Moved from phpBB to bbpress and was missing this kind of indicator. Now the feature is back. Really great. But please add a “Mark all as read” option. My converted forum has nearly 25,000 entries. I can not mark each one manually. Thanks

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 116 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Spanish (Mexico) 100%
Swedish 100%
Albanian 33%
Arabic 33%
Azerbaijani 33%
Basque 33%
Bengali 33%
Bosnian 33%
Bulgarian 33%
Catalan 33%
Chinese (China) 33%
Croatian 33%
Czech 33%
Danish 33%
Dutch 33%
English (Australia) 33%
English (Canada) 33%
English (UK) 33%
Esperanto 33%
Estonian 33%
Faroese 33%
Finnish 33%
French (Belgium) 33%
French (Canada) 33%

Plus 92 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 60+ → 50+ down after 156 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-28 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-27 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-26 70+ → 60+ down after 52 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-02 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-30 70+ → 60+ down after 89 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-02 80+ → 70+ down after 52 days in tier
  8. 2025-09-11 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier

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bbPress Unread Posts v2: 50+ active installs, 4.6★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbpress-unread-posts-v2