BuddyPress Follow
by Andy Peatling · Uncategorized
Follow members on your BuddyPress site with this nifty plugin.
46 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 3196 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
178
now · peak 243
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
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
10.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.2
5
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-06-07 · 1,430 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ manni659291.9y ago
!! WARNING – SEEDS ADWARE !! This plugin, once installed seeds aware.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ central4all4.1y ago
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Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ motherofdragons8.7y ago
easy to use and easy to extend. save a lot of time to me! thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chandrakantsavant889.9y ago
very good work contribution.. thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mohammad Sy10.1y ago
Very good plugin 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AiratTop10.5y ago
It’s the best plugin in the world! P.S. But i still can’t costomize email notifications settings. This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by AiratTop.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mark10.7y ago
Exactly what I needed to offer twitter like features. Wow! Works flawless. Thanks for creating this man, really appreciate your hard work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ PeterHatch11.3y ago
Just as Buddypress offers facebook a run for its money this plugin does it for Twitter. I’m a follower. Spotted a conflict with BuddyBoss Wall Privacy option (see comments) but that’s down to BuddyBoss to fix. BuddyPress Follow is working just fine with the latest BP.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 830 days in tier
- 2023-08-05 3K+ → 2K+ down
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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Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A - P Posts 2 Posts 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 7K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
WPML Multilingual for BuddyPress and BuddyBoss 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - B BuddyPress Docs 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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BP Classic 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/buddypress-followers" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="BuddyPress Follow — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> BuddyPress Follow: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buddypress-followers