BuddyExtender
by Michael Beckwith · Uncategorized
Configure internal BuddyPress settings from the WordPress dashboard
50 health vs 56 average across 12,012 Uncategorized 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 1246 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
29
now · peak 110
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
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
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