Wbcom Designs – Birthday Widget for BuddyPress
by wbcomdesigns · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 16 other plugins · 6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display upcoming birthdays of BuddyPress members with a beautiful, responsive widget that integrates seamlessly with any WordPress theme.
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Health
B 78/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
+4%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “buddypress”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
78 health vs 56 average across 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 13.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 4 releases 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 187 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ 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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| upcoming birthdays | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| birthday | #3 | #22 | 0 |
| members birthday notification | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| members birthday | #2 | #18 | 0 |
| birthdays your tag | #6 | #24 | down 1 |
| buddypress menu widget | #4 | #21 | up 1 |
| buddypress widget | #4 | #22 | up 1 |
| buddypress activity widget | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| buddypress your tag | #16 | #24 | down 1 |
| buddypress profile widget | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| buddypress plugins | #14 | #23 | down 1 |
| community your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| members your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
55 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 44 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
- One page off on “buddypress”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “community”, “members” and “widget” 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.
- Already on top for “upcoming birthdays”. #2 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 748 · 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v2.4.2 · 30 Apr 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 64% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; the previous band took 22 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rothschild862.5y ago
Since it is not obvious, first you must add a custom date field to user profiles, and only then go to set up the widget…
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display upcoming birthdays of BuddyPress members with a beautiful, responsive widget that integrates seamle..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 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 BuddyPress.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,195 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
- 2025-11-13 500+ → 400+ down after 659 days in tier
- 2024-01-24 400+ → 500+ up after 250 days in tier
- 2023-05-19 300+ → 400+ up after 81 days in tier
- 2023-02-27 400+ → 300+ 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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BuddyPress 90K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Image Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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