BP Limit Activity Length
by Mike Martel · Social
Also makes 7 other plugins · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Limit the length of your BuddyPress activity updates like Twitter
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “activity”, “buddypress” and “length” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4857 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4857 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| activity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| length your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “activity”, “buddypress” and “length” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 66 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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
No release in a yearHow 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
13.3y ago
latest release · v0.4 · 15 Jul 2013
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years 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 26 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ shayne8.8y ago
Even after not being updated in 5 years, this plugin still works!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chuckingit12.2y ago
Hi – this plugin is WAY Cool – Thank YOU! … it works great out of the box although my child theme had scroll bars introduced in the what’s new post section – e.g., the counter of words or characters remaining impacted the div overflow but once i added the css rule (see below) everything looked like it did before … as fyi in the recommendation depts … i would love to see the addition of a text option to append or prepend the text counter in the #whats-new-limit number shown … e.g., adding text before or after the number like “140 Characters remaining” might be helpful to newbies not sure of what the number means or if it is counting words or characters … i couldn’t figure out how do accomplish this by hacking the code and my css solution was fixed – meaning if i added this style "#whats-new-limit:before { content: "Characters remaining: " } then that was always showing even when the whats new box was empty … thus i could not figure out how to make it conditional and show the prepended text only when the activity box was opened / focused … but i digress … regardless, kudos to great plugin – thank you! cordially, chuck scott =========== Added this to my child theme style.css and voila – looks and works great: =========== #buddypress #whats-new-options { overflow: visible !important; height: 40px !important; } this helped override the default buddypress.css that wanted overflow = auto (hence the scrolls) …
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ emiliengerbois12.5y ago
Thank you for your great work, as I see it’s been updated some time ago, I just hope you keep it in mind cuz the few downloads doesn’t mean a low level of quality for that really useful plugin. I’ll work on a french translation if you need it and Ill send it to you ASAP. Thxs again emilien
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous13.4y ago
Great ans easy to use, made now the German translation for you and send it to your trenvo E-mail. Thank you for this plugin! Regards, Thorsten
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Felipe Santana13.5y ago
Great Plugin! Nice job
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 454 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 60+ → 10+ 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).
- 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 -
Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Activity Social Share 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Activity Link Preview For BuddyPress 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A - B BuddyPress Activity Privacy 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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