BuddyMenu BuddyLinks
by Lee Hodson (VR51) · Admin & Utilities
BuddyPress BuddyLinks does three things really well:
49 health vs 53 average across 2,988 Admin & Utilities 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4648 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
23
now · peak 74
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 50+ down after 152 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 60+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 70+ → 60+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-01-03 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 70+ → 60+ down after 47 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 60+ → 70+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2025-10-31 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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LuckyWP Table of Contents 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
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AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Gallery Custom Links 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Link Whisper Free 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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