BuddyPress Private Community
by NipponMonkey · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin makes your BuddyPress community private. Only logged in members can view the social areas in full. You can configure the default settings.
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 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “community”, “privacy” and “private” 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.
42 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 35.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, across 501 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent 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
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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 5719 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
2.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5719 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| community your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| private your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| secret your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| secure your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “community”, “privacy” and “private” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 74 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
15.7y ago
latest release · v0.6 · 5 Mar 2011
6
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ A Lopez12.8y ago
Upon activation, I was lucky to keep my main screen on the WP Plugin Dashboard…while I tested this on another browser. When I refreshed on the testing browser…not even the home page would pull up. It was like everything was fully blocked. When I deactivated it, everything went back to normal. Uninstalled this. Did not work in a friendly way. Recently had my site crash due to stuff like this…am not taking another chance. Although I might be able to figure it out with the codes of line…its too much trouble. Am going to search for another solution.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gepsinger13.5y ago
This is no “one click” plugin and the setup is not very intuitive. If you know you way with a bit of php though, you get a stable and powerful solution.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin makes your BuddyPress community private. Only logged in members can view the social areas in fu..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions BuddyPress.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,485 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "secret", "secure" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-13 20+ → 10+ down after 329 days in tier
- 2025-11-18 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-15 20+ → 30+ up after 199 days in tier
- 2025-04-30 30+ → 20+ down after 133 days in tier
- 2024-12-18 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 30+ → 20+ down after 342 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 40+ → 30+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2023-06-08 50+ → 40+ down after 15 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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Force Login 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wbcom Designs – Private Community for BuddyPress 300+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
LH Private BuddyPress 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - P Private BuddyPress 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- E Eyes Only 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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Mikesoft TeamVault 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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