BP Classic
by BuddyPress · Uncategorized
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BP Classic, a BuddyPress (12.0.0 & up) backwards compatibility add-on
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
6K+
≈6.5K estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “bp” and “backwards compatibility” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.0%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 100.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.
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 97 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| backcompat your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| backwards compatibility | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| classic | #13 | #22 | up 3 |
| buddypress plugins | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “bp” and “backwards compatibility” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Aug 2023 · 1,188 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 9.7K · 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
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
3mo ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 26 Jul 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “6K+”. 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 50% of the way through.
Install history since 31 Jul 2023
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.0 Make sure bbPress topics/replies pagination is behaving as expected with BuddyPress 12.0 & up (See #44 ). 1.4.0
- — Version 1.3.0 Switch to BP root blog when migrating directories if necessary (See #33 ). Make sure Tooltips are used in Legacy widgets (See #35 & #39 ). Use a npm script to get BP Default (See #37 ). Improve how we check BP Nouveau is 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.0 Avoid a type mismatch issue during the migration process (See #27 ). Only check once BuddyPress current config & version are ok (See #28 ). Make sure the migration script is run on Multisite (See #31 ). 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.0 Make sure BP Classic is activated at the same network level than BuddyPress (See #21 ). Improve the way the themes directory is registered (See #23 ). 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.0 Initial version of the plugin. 1.0.0
- — Version 1.4.1 Version bump. 1.4.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 17 languages, 9 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
6 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 "BP Classic, a BuddyPress (12.0.0 & up) backwards compatibility add-on"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,256 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "backcompat" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-02 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 6K+ → 7K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 7K+ → 6K+ down after 648 days in tier
- 2024-06-14 6K+ → 7K+ up after 62 days in tier
- 2024-04-13 5K+ → 6K+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2024-03-05 4K+ → 5K+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2024-02-05 3K+ → 4K+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2024-01-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 24 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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