Buddypress Profile Views

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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 1 Nov 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 12 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.

1. ★★★★★ Alissa

   6.0y ago

   Like others already said, this plugin leaves a mess of session files in your website folder. Also it seems to throw in some loop back error in WordPress health check. So till this plugin is updated I advise everyone to not install it… and if you look at the forum how long ago this error is I believe the developer does not want to fix this… take it down if you don’t want to fix this … how hard can it be. this is the problem with WordPress plugins it seems a nice plugin to have. But people just leave the plugin in a non-working state online full of errors… Edit 1: Yes the session files are gone now… Thanks for that and the fast response! Awesome didn’t expect that. Still having an issue that the plugins throws error in site health check. To be clear I use it with BuddyBoss and BuddyX theme. Maybe there is some incompatible with that. But when I activate the plugin this is the error I get and it disappears when I deactivate it The REST API request failed due to an error. Error: [] cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 10001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Alissa. Reason: updating

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2. ★★★★★ phenn

   7.2y ago

   I am very sorry to write a negative review of someone’s hard work, but this plugin is not something to install on your BuddyPress site. The plugin writes tons upon tons of session files – often in random folders and can throttle your site. This: [/home/sitename]# grep -in session_save ./public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-profile-views/bp_profile_views.php 20: session_save_path(“../”) ; is likely the guilty piece of code. I wish the developer the best of luck if he/she decides to tackle this again. It would be a very handy thing to have. But, until and unless there is a new release of this plugin, I strongly advise against installing it.

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3. ★★★★★ crystalbyrdfarmer

   7.7y ago

   Appears to still work for WordPress 5.0.

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4. ★★★★★ Jayell12

   10.3y ago

   I am now able to track how many views each profile page receives. There was a small glitch at first but Gopal was quick to respond to my email and fix the issue!

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5. ★★★★★ gowriallu

   10.4y ago

   Now i can see my profile viewers count,It is very helpful.

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6. ★★★★★ Slava Abakumov

   11.7y ago

   “Buddypress Profile Views” plugin creates a file for each connection session, that file has a name like “sess_kfskdbf2he237efwe” and is created a 1 folder up of your web site (because of the code session_save_path("../") ;. I had more than 567000+ files already created, before I figured out who is responsible for this mess. On deactivation this plugin deleted its table, but it does NOT delete those files.

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7. ★★★★★ wtfme

   12.1y ago

   The count doesn’t increase. Does it track only logged in users? If so, there a way to track total visits?

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8. ★★★★★ Sushma Reddy

   12.1y ago

   Its worked fine for me.

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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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-10-21 50+ → 40+ down after 51 days in tier
2. 2026-08-31 40+ → 50+ up after 17 days in tier
3. 2026-08-14 50+ → 40+ down after 191 days in tier
4. 2026-02-04 60+ → 50+ down after 47 days in tier
5. 2025-12-19 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-12-18 60+ → 50+ down after 145 days in tier
7. 2025-07-26 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2025-07-24 60+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier

Competes with

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Buddypress Profile Views: 40+ active installs, 3.6★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buddypress-profile-views