BP Blog Author Link
by Ron Rennick · Uncategorized
This plugin changes the blog author links on a buddypress site to link to the author's buddypress member profile.
47 health vs 56 average across 10,554 Uncategorized plugins
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
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 4401 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
29
now · peak 74
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-03 60+ → 50+ down after 48 days in band
- 2025-12-17 50+ → 60+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-12-10 60+ → 50+ down after 170 days in band
- 2025-06-23 70+ → 60+ down after 217 days in band
- 2024-11-18 80+ → 70+ down after 159 days in band
- 2024-06-12 90+ → 80+ down after 191 days in band
- 2023-12-04 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-03 90+ → 100+ up after 31 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/bp-blog-author-link" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="BP Blog Author Link — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> BP Blog Author Link: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bp-blog-author-link