BuddyForms Moderation ( Former: Review Logic )
by Themekraft · Login & Users
Also makes 11 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create new drafts or pending reviews from new or published posts without changing the live version.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
+95%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “buddypress” for “moderation”. “buddypress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “moderation” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 61 average across 2,204 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 8.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 28 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
56
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
50%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+1.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddyforms | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| moderation | #16 | #23 | up 7 |
| pending review | #9 | #20 | up 4 |
| review moderation | #10 | #20 | down 1 |
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom post types your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| members your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| profiles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “buddypress” for “moderation”. “buddypress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “moderation” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 237 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
28d ago
latest release · v1.5.2 · 4 Oct 2026
33
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tkio4.6y ago
This plugin is exactly what I need! I thought so at first. But unfortunately the declared moderation system does not work for categories. If you try to save a new draft with the changed categories, the changes are applied immediately to the main article.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ holdenhinkle9.0y ago
This plugin provides the most essential functionality to our website. It allows user-submitted content to be sent for moderation/review before the content goes live. However, unlike every other user-submitted content plugin, BuddyForm keeps the original content live while a user is busy editing it or is working on a new saved version as a draft. I cannot emphasize the importance of this enough: Every other user-submitted content plugin unpublishes the original content during this process. That means the original content suddenly disappears and gets a 404 error. Again, this **doesn’t happen** with BuddyForms. Gravity forms, Ninja Forms, USP Pro Frontend Froms, WP User Frontend Pro — all of them unpublish the original post when edits are submitted to moderation. Who wants that?!? How does BuddyForms achieve this magic? BuddyForms creates a copy of the content. As soon as the content is either approved or is submitted to go live, BuddyForms **merges* the new version with the original, then deletes the new temporary version. If your site relies on user-submitted content, you need BuddyForm and BuddyForms Moderation. In fact, every site that has user-submitted content needs this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ solhuebner11.7y ago
I really like the flexibility of BuddyForms 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.5.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2022-10-03 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.16 Patched in 1.4.17
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create new drafts or pending reviews from new or published posts without changing the live version."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,577 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("buddypress", "custom post types", "members", "profiles" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-23 20+ → 30+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 30+ → 20+ down after 89 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 30+ → 40+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-05-20 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-05-10 30+ → 40+ up after 2 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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BuddyPress Edit Activity 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
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BuddyPress Profile Completion 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Wbcom Designs – Birthday Widget for BuddyPress 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Eonet Live Notifications 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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