BuddyPress Edit Activity
by Syed Balkhi · Social
Also makes 98 other plugins · 21.7M+ installs across the portfolio →
BuddyPress Edit Activity allows your members to edit their activity posts on the front-end of your BuddyPress-powered site.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
700+
≈790 estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “activity”, “buddypress” and “messaging” 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.
48 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 76K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2382 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 17 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2382 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| activity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| messaging your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| profiles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social networking your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 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
- “activity”, “buddypress” and “messaging” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 227 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.5y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 23 Apr 2020
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 34 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ central4all3.8y ago
Not working and no support…..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ commexjimmy6.4y ago
Does what they advertise. Recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ haywardgb6.9y ago
Youzer have recently disabled this plug-ins ability to work with their plug in installed. I would urge the developer of this plug in to speak with them and ask that they don’t block plug ins like this. I would give higher star rating. But will change when I can use it again!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AiratTop8.7y ago
Thank you for your work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous9.1y ago
Could you update this please? I really need this functionality for my site. The top-level comments are editable, but on all replies the edit button doesn’t give a field to edit. It shows the Save/cancel buttons like it is trying, but no field appears.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jscmal9.1y ago
I used it for a couple of years editing also the rtMedia Posts.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous10.7y ago
I love your theme and love this plugin. Made the German translation and will send it to you by Email.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mark10.9y ago
Fantastic, exactly what I needed. This should be in core. Thanks guys, really appreciate this addition to Buddypress.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "BuddyPress Edit Activity allows your members to edit their activity posts on the front-end of your BuddyPre..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 318 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("messaging", "profiles", "social networking" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-27 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-26 700+ → 800+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 800+ → 700+ down after 170 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-31 900+ → 800+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 800+ → 900+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 900+ → 800+ down after 3 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).
- B BuddyPress Group Email Subscription 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Activity Social Share 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Activity Link Preview For BuddyPress 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A - B BuddyPress Activity Privacy 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
- B BuddyPress Activity Autoloader 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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