BuddyPress Security Check
by Shea Bunge · Login & Users
Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA
45 health vs 59 average across 966 Login & Users plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3095 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
78
now · peak 189
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-01 300+ → 200+ down after 266 days in tier
- 2025-09-08 400+ → 300+ down after 298 days in tier
- 2024-11-14 500+ → 400+ down after 205 days in tier
- 2024-04-23 600+ → 500+ down after 234 days in tier
- 2023-09-02 700+ → 600+ down after 122 days in tier
- 2023-05-03 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-05-02 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-04-29 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Restrict Usernames Emails Characters 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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CloudSecure WP Security 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Blackhole for Bad Bots 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Stop Spammers Classic 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Login With Ajax – Fast Logins, 2FA, Redirects 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Forget Spam Comment 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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