BuddyPress Password Strength Meter
by Mike Martel · Uncategorized
Password strength meter for the 'change password' screen in BuddyPress
45 health vs 57 average across 8,702 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 14+ 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 5123 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
18
now · peak 57
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-01-07 20+ → 10+ down after 63 days in band
- 2022-11-05 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Frontend Reset Password 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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