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BuddyPress Group Tinychat

by John · Chat & Support

Chat Room for Buddypress Group

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 62 average across 672 Chat & Support plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 60/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4008 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+42% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

27

now · peak 61

2730d downloads · Aug 26

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

BuddyPress Group Tin · #41677 you BuddyPress Group Cha · #17133 Registration Options · #5910 BuddyPress Group Ema · #6233

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

2.7Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

11.0y ago

latest release · v1.4

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4 · 11.0y ago1.2 · 11.2y ago1.3 · 11.2y ago1.1 · 12.9y ago1.0 · 13.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,379 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
11.0y ago
Added
2013-03-09 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
Tested up to
4.2.39
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Georgio
    11.2y ago

    This plugin works fine for me. Thank you.

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  2. sylviaivie
    12.6y ago

    I have this working on WP 3.8.1, buddy press in a member area in a group. Everyone spend the $ for the pro version the ability to size up is nice. And certainly worth the $ this author charges. Do NOT bother with going pro at TinyChat too. The features are not available to this plug in. Maybe John will get to that in a later vesrion. The only thing I wish was different and I don’t think it’s caused by this plug in is the ability to size up the fonts for those that are a bit visually challenged. It’s nearly impossible for some of my members to see the text without having to do all caps. Again that’s not this plug in’s problem… it’s tinychats. I’ll likely keep this version for my groups and find another service for the whole site depending on what I can find. In the mean time this will work. Thanks John!! Sylvia

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  3. willandmae
    12.8y ago

    A quick but brief history of myself, a couple years ago I was so blessed with my second son being born, at age 51 I was ever so proud. Not even 2 weeks afterward he needed emergency heart surgery to rebuild his heart because he was born with CHD. You can follow his story at [Link redacted] and 6 weeks later on our way back I became ill. Now I am fighting Kidney Disease stage 2 and numerous other things to battle and at least I am on long term disability making about 1000 a month to survive with a family of 4. My battle to stay alive is a long one and each small battle I win is in the right direction to fight this war. Nevertheless, the last surgery I had is a lifelong change and a new lifestyle. I created an online support group because there is none here–there are facebook pages and while they are neat, their really not so functional. Anyway, with the Help of this Plugin BuddyPress Group TinyChat, I was able to create a support group site that should make our group proud but most of all enjoyable to use and share information. Thank you for an awesome plugin.

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  4. Anonymous
    13.2y ago

    Hi, thanks for your plugin. It looks nice but I have some issues. 1. can’t find any translation file, maybe a pot file 2. want to login with buddypress user name and not with facebook, twitter or guest login Any chance to correct this? Regards, Thorsten

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  5. yenrou
    13.3y ago

    This is the best wordpress chat plugin so far! It also supports Single-Sing-On. Automatic Login with your wp username also you don’t have to worry about your server anymore, it will not slow down your site. Really do what it says, the free plugin is good but the pro version he’s offering is the best, I can say so because I have it now. Thanks a lot 😀

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  6. nolls
    13.5y ago

    The pro-version is a very good job. It works great. Thank you. My members love it.

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  7. John
    13.5y ago

    [Link redacted]

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-08-20 20+ → 10+ down after 60 days in tier
  2. 2023-06-21 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in tier
  3. 2023-06-17 20+ → 30+ up after 133 days in tier
  4. 2023-02-04 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2023-02-02 20+ → 10+ down

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