bbPress WP Tweaks
by veppa · Login & Users
Also makes 1 other plugin · 2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds bbPress forum specific sidebar, wrapper, widgets, user columns, login links and other tweaks.
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Health
B 71/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “forum” for “tweaks”. “forum” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tweaks” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
71 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 79.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 326 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tweaks | #5 | #13 | up 1 |
| bbpress sidebar | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| bbpress your tag | #17 | #18 | down 5 |
| forum sidebar your tag | #17 | #20 | down 3 |
| bbpress widgets | #8 | #18 | 0 |
| bbpress login | #13 | #20 | 0 |
| bbpress plugin | #17 | #17 | down 1 |
| forum your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| login links your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “forum” for “tweaks”. “forum” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tweaks” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “bbpress”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-18, now #17. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 10 Dec 2025
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Martin Sauter5.6y ago
Being new to bbPress, this plugin helped me to set up my forum quickly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ summoner127.5y ago
I installed this and then it stopped working for me. I am not really sure why or how. The “not working” part is that once I activate this plugin my forums no longer show. You can see the root forum on the main forum page, but once you click on any of those forums you land on the intended page, but it’s empty.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Aida7118.1y ago
We’ve used it for the forum login, registration and Lost password – I needed to follow a video on youtube on how to set it up but it works really well. It appears to have other functionality but beyond my capabilities – would be great to have video tutorials showing how to do everything!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MCD Diseño Web8.3y ago
Hi, thanks for this excellent plugin. It works perfectly. Regards 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ evanevans33310.2y ago
For 4 weeks, I had been searching and testing plugins and methods to get a global sidebar setup in my forums. In the meantime, I was going in and manually setting a sidebar on every topic and forum that was created. Finally, I came across this plugin, and right before trying it, I tried another one that promised the same. This other one didn’t work. So, I installed this one, with low hopes. Bam! It truly worked, and it did it perfectly, in flying colors. Kudos to the developer, he/she has their head screwed on straight! They know how to fix problems and do so elegantly. YES!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ General Seed11.2y ago
works fine, please keep updated. Thanks for it, saved to me tons of work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Flyhead11.5y ago
It had been working for a couple of months, but since updating bbPress ( or some other plugins, or WordPress itself, who knows, they ask you to update all the time ) the sidebar no longer works. No response to any queries in any of the forums. For over a month. Don’t waste your time in this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pasquale Galasso12.4y ago
love this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds bbPress forum specific sidebar, wrapper, widgets, user columns, login links and other tweaks."
- ✓ 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 Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you want", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress, YouTube.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,175 characters of description.
- ✓ 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
- 2024-12-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 692 days in tier
- 2023-01-12 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2321 days in tier
- 2016-09-04 4K+ → 3K+ down
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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Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
bbp style pack 6K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B - P Private groups 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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bbPress Voting 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - B bbP topic count 300+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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