Buddy Progress Bar
by danbp · Login & Users
A BuddyPress plugin that use a point system to display a progress bar or progress percentage for any of completed member's xprofile fields and/or …
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈18 estimated
Momentum
-53%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “profile” and “progression bar” 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.
44 health vs 61 average across 2,214 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 7.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,481 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users 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 9+ 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 3641 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
4.0★ over 9 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| profile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| progression bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “profile” and “progression bar” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 80 · peaks are release surges
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
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
10.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 14 Nov 2016
4
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 6 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 29 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ darkdan2.7y ago
The moment I activated it, it caused a fatal error on my site and I had to FTP in to delete the plugin. (WordPress version 6.4.3)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DragoWeb8.7y ago
All the options I need are there. Thanks a lot for this great plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bgtbbox9.7y ago
Super fonctionnel. Merci ! En revanche, la barre de progression est triste et moche. Préfère une barre flat design, que nous pouvons modifier la couleur. Se serait mieux. Great functional. Thank you ! However, the progress bar is sad and ugly. Prefer a flat bar design, we can change the color. Would be better. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by bgtbbox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ creamundo10.3y ago
The plugin is perfect! thanks for your help to the community of buddypress. People like you make this wordpress world better!!! With a widget too!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ abooster10.4y ago
UPDATE: Turns out it is indeed possible to assign different weights to different fields. So, I’m correcting my rating to 5 stars! 🙂 After having done a bit of customization I’m pretty happy with this plugin. The only reason I can’t give it 5 stars is because assigning the number of percentage points for each existing profile field is very rudimentary. I mean, every percentage field gets the same percentage and if, for example, I wanted to assign to one field 15% and to the other 25% (instead of giving both fields 20%) that can’t be done with the current version. All fields have to have the same percentage in the current version. So, it has some room for improvement there.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ snorklebum10.6y ago
Thanks for the excellent plugin 😀
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Than_sad10.6y ago
Not working with Facebook avatars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ viriis10.8y ago
tres bien comme plugin merci
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 60 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 36 more locales with partial translations.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A BuddyPress plugin that use a point system to display a progress bar or progress percentage for any of com..."
- ! 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 533 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "progression bar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 20+ → 10+ down after 319 days in tier
- 2025-12-14 30+ → 20+ down after 96 days in tier
- 2025-09-09 20+ → 30+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2025-08-20 30+ → 20+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2025-05-13 40+ → 30+ down after 163 days in tier
- 2024-12-01 50+ → 40+ down after 154 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 60+ → 50+ down after 198 days in tier
- 2023-12-15 70+ → 60+ down after 70 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).
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