BuddyExtender

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Configure internal BuddyPress settings from the WordPress dashboard

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 49/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

30+

≈36 estimated

Momentum

+43%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “buddypress” and “settings” 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.

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How scoring works →

49 Health · D

Maintenance 4/100

Rating quality 85/100

Support 70/100

49 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins

30+

Active installs

≈36 estimated

6.9K

Total downloads

since 2016 · 0.4% still active

4.4/5

Rating

5.0 on wp.org · 9 reviews

+43%

Downloads · 30d

category median +7%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.4%

of downloads still active

At least 30 of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,769 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 9 reviews

Details

Version: 1.0.2
Last updated: 3.7y ago
Added: 2016-04-28 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.9
Tested up to: 4.7.39
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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 10/100

Updated 1352 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 8/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 63/100

5.0★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 68/100

2 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 1352 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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
settings your tag	Not in the top 24

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“buddypress” and “settings” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+43% vs prior 30d

230 Oct 2026

1260

230 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 110 · peaks are release surges

6731 Oct 2026

120600

6731 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

4931 Oct 2026

604530

4931 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 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.

releases in the last 12 months

3.7y ago

latest release · v1.0.2 · 17 Feb 2023

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.2 · 17 Feb 20231.0.1 · 10 Dec 20161.0.0 · 28 Apr 2016

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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

30–40 ≈36

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.

Install history since 29 Dec 2016

3031 Oct 2026

2001000

3031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

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★★★★★ unechasantosh
9.6y ago

I was looking for a solution to remove ‘members’ from user profile slug without any changes to core files. This plugin did it on a button click… great job!
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★★★★★ Mohammad Sy
10.2y ago

Very good plugin 🙂
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★★★★★ Central Geek
10.5y ago

This plugin opens up options long awaited. While more experienced users might have been using these things for quite a while, this plugin makes things available to less skilled users. That’s a big thing. Thanks for bringing this plugin to the public. The only thing missing from this plugin is LED lights.. 😉
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★★★★★ Ahmad Awais
10.5y ago

Thanks for the great plugin, it’s really handy and is going to be a great resource for a few client sites setup.
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★★★★★ Rommel Castro
10.5y ago

Does it’s job and does it great! boo-ya!!!
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★★★★★ Brian Messenlehner
10.5y ago

Really excited to see cool BuddyPress features made easy to use by non-developers.
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★★★★★ Kellen Mace
10.5y ago

Great plugin!
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★★★★★ Doug
10.5y ago

Does it’s job and does it well!
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

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 30 Oct 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
! Enough to quote 335 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

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

2026-06-03 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-06-02 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-05-31 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in tier
2026-05-13 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in tier
2026-04-07 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
2026-04-02 50+ → 40+ down after 124 days in tier
2025-11-29 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
2025-11-28 50+ → 60+ up after 13 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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BuddyExtender: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buddyextender

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