BuddyPress Favorite Notification
by Varun Dubey · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 590+ installs across the portfolio →
Notify BuddyPress members when someone favorites their activity or comment, with realtime popups and email alerts.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “activity” for “favorite”. “activity” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “favorite” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 26.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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 2 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 92 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ 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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
32%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| favorite | #7 | #22 | down 1 |
| favorites your tag | #18 | #23 | down 5 |
| favorite plugins | #9 | #22 | down 1 |
| realtime your tag | #24 | #20 | down 6 |
| post favorite | #11 | #21 | up 1 |
| favorite post | #12 | #21 | up 1 |
| buddypress notifications | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| buddypress activity share | #18 | #22 | down 1 |
| buddypress activity streams | #20 | #20 | 0 |
| activity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
44 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 35 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 “activity” for “favorite”. “activity” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “favorite” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “favorites”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-23, now #18. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- Slipping on “realtime”. Down 6 places since 2026-10-07, now #24. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 528 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 31 Jul 2026
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 9 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ david42.0y ago
Just what I was looking for for my Community website! Good job! Keep up the good hard work y’all are doing. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ deenanc4.2y ago
Great plugin. It’s like I have facebook on my website!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Unknown5.7y ago
great work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ elisawilson7.3y ago
Superb functionality for BuddyPress powered community website
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darron298.6y ago
I am using several of your free and paid plugins all are great and helped me building my community site. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 18 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 18 of 18 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, Facebook.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,710 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
- 2026-10-29 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-10-25 90+ → 80+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-10-18 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 90+ → 80+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 80+ → 90+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 100+ → 80+ down after 73 days in tier
- 2026-06-19 200+ → 100+ down after 1 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).
- B BuddyPress Group Email Subscription 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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BuddyPress Edit Activity 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Notification Bell 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
BuddyPress Notification Widget 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Activity Social Share 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for BuddyPress Favorite Notification into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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