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BP Multi Network

by Ron Rennick · Uncategorized

Also makes 14 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

Segregate your BP networks in a multi-network WP install.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 47/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

10+

≈15 estimated

Momentum

-19%

low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month

Biggest opportunity: “multiple” and “network” 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.

How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.1%

of downloads still active

At least 10 of 11.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,783 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.

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 4.5.33, well behind 7.1.

Details

Version
0.1.1
Last updated
10.4y ago
Added
2011-10-02 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP
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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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3781 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 4/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 7.1

Rating quality 58/100

4.8★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3781 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-19% low volume vs prior 30d
03 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 80 · peaks are release surges

343 Nov 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 1 Nov 2026.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.83 Nov 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 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

10.4y ago

latest release · v0.1.1 · 27 Jun 2016

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.1.1 · 27 Jun 20160.1 · 13 Dec 2012

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.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

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

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈15

Crossed into this band 4.2 years ago; the previous band took 3.6 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 28 Mar 2017

103 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ SoloWhale
    9.7y ago

    A great plugin and great developer! Thank you!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ f5sites
    9.9y ago

    I just want to say thanks, great work, helped me a lot

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ angrywarrior
    10.4y ago

    This works great for WOrdpress Multi sites that need this feature. You need to have clear understanding on how WPMU works and understand the network functions, before you use it and get your hands dirty. Works very well. Author is very helpful too.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ Zeb
    12.0y ago

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ Nadiamode
    13.2y ago

    a bit confused on a first step/first time but after I understand how it work then can config and setting it properly. now everything work fine. This solution is suitable for admin that want to have Buddypress network work separately on your single install wordpress (Mu enabled) and this plugin require another Network plugin so it’s work if you don’t have network plugin – this plugin won’t work Somebody that already have website running and want this thing happen you may need to backup/copy and upload blog to new site created in new network OR you can add old site to new network but beware of URL structure First you must understand how Network work first Normal WordPress MU – WordPress MU example.com — Subsite site1.example.com — Subsite site2.example.com WordPress MU + Network Plugin – WordPress MU — Subsite site1.example.com — Subsite site2.example.com — Subsite act as Network — Subsite site1.example.com/subsubsite1 — Subsite site1.example.com/subsubsite2 So if you move your old blog from yourblog.example.com to new network, URL will change to newnetwork.example.com/yourblog You can try another solution is backup old blog and create new network with the same URL name example yourblog/new networkname.example.com then upload blog to new network Above is all for whoever that already have blog running now but if you plan to create new blog with wordpress MU network so no problem, it’s easy but one thing you should know that you must create new network for every new buddypress network You cannot enable separate Buddypress in sites on same network You will lose ability for single sign-on same as you can on WordPress MU without Network plugin because WordPress MU + Network act like separately WordPress MU on the front end so you and your users must login every network but still left a good thing is that user base still share on global network so you can use same user+passsword to login actually you can use cookie to check that visitor already member on network and login them automatically via function wp_signon first drop cookie after user login on any network under your main network second if user go to another network, check that cookie if cookie verify that this is already member and already sign-in on another network, now auto login for this user to current network.. this can work on backend your user will smoothly login via single sign-on by they don’t need to do anything This scenario of plugin power may not suitable for normal people that cannot handle complexity but I know that if you already have or plan to have WordPress MU Network site to let your user create new network for their own under your main WordPress MU, I think you can handle it.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ James Hoo
    13.8y ago

    WordPress Multi Network Plugin + BP Multi Network make the things simple. You only installed wordpress and buddypress once, you get more websites and groups. It saves time, cost and speed your plan.

    Read on wp.org ↗

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.

This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

2 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026

Can 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 373 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "multisite" does not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2022-09-01 20+ → 10+ down after 1332 days in tier
  2. 2019-01-08 30+ → 20+ down after 212 days in tier
  3. 2018-06-10 80+ → 30+ 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).

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BP Multi Network: 10+ active installs, 4.8★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bp-multi-network

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