BuddyDrive

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 11 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ songdove

   3.1y ago

   I very much like how this plugin works, and wondering if it could have a shortcode to allow me to create a widget in the sidebar of uploaded documents?

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2. ★★★★★ Steel Rat

   3.4y ago

   This plugin is exactly what I need for a Role-Playing Game site, unfortunately it’s too bugged to work with newer versions of WP. Sad.

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3. ★★★★★ Richard Hunting

   7.2y ago

   I know this plugin hasn’t been updated in over 2 years… and I am sure it worked well at one point, but now it does nothing. Users can’t add folders or files.

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4. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   8.3y ago

   many users have a blank buddydrive page

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5. ★★★★★ chrtravels

   8.6y ago

   This looks like it would be a great plugin, if it worked. For whatever reason there are a number of issues where items aren’t loading on the BuddyDrive page. I’m often a little nervous using free plugins that don’t have an upgrade to premium as there is no incentive to continue development or provide support. Going on three weeks with no response to my support thread. Would be great if someone would take this on as a paid project.

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6. ★★★★★ wildcard20

   9.2y ago

   In a multi-site environment, On the setting screen, even if you change the default privacy policy, it will not be saved. Fix buddydrive-settings.php. From line 513 Function buddydrive_handle_settings_in_multisite () { If (‘POST’! == strtoupper ($ _ SERVER [‘REQUEST_METHOD’]))) Return; Check_admin_referer (‘buddydrive_settings’, ‘_wpnonce_buddydrive_setting’); ※from here $ Buddydrive_default_privacy = buddydrive_sanitize_default_privacy ($ _POST [‘_ buddydrive _ default_privacy’]); If (! Empty ($ buddydrive_default_privacy)) Bp_update_option (‘_buddydrive_default_privacy’, $ buddydrive_default_ privacy); ※So far This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by wildcard20.

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 357386

   9.4y ago

   tested latest release, nothing appear on default page (automatically created by setup). downgrade to release 2.0.0, bug still remain (so, is a very old bug … still present, never fixed). If a bug remain after a very long period and after a new dev, maybe is best to not use this plugin (and is sadness, seems to be an useful plugin).

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8. ★★★★★ Dimitris73

   9.4y ago

   It saved me from a lot of coding! Thank you

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.1.4). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1.1 Patched in 2.1.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Translated into 133 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Plus 109 more locales with partial translations.

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.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-02 2K+ → 1K+ down after 434 days in tier
2. 2024-09-24 3K+ → 2K+ down after 306 days in tier
3. 2023-11-23 4K+ → 3K+ down after 215 days in tier
4. 2023-04-22 5K+ → 4K+ down after 195 days in tier
5. 2022-10-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 31 days in tier
6. 2022-09-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 284 days in tier
7. 2021-11-28 9K+ → 7K+ down after 223 days in tier
8. 2021-04-19 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1572 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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BuddyDrive: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (47 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buddydrive