BuddyPress Sitewide Activity Widget
by Brajesh Singh · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 12 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
BuddyPress Sitewide Activity Widget allows you to use BuddyPress Sitewide activity stream as a widget.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
+51%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “buddypress activity”, “sitewide activity” and “sitewide activity widget” 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.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 43.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31, well behind 7.1.
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 2886 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.31; the current branch is 7.1
4.5★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2886 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddypress sitewide activity widget your tag | #10 | #9 | 0 |
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buddypress activity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sitewide activity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sitewide activity widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “buddypress activity”, “sitewide activity” and “sitewide activity widget” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 176 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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
7.9y ago
latest release · v1.3.5 · 9 Dec 2018
9
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and the previous band took 17 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 1 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ snorklebum10.8y ago
Thanks for the plugin, does exactly what is required.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ snorklebum10.8y ago
Thanks for the plugin, does exactly what is required.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dhscratch10.8y ago
This is a really great plugin, though @ function in original bpactivity form doesn’t work. Is this going to be included in a later version?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ airsid11.6y ago
Thanks a lot for this plugin. I use it on my welcome user page. Just: is there a way to translate” What’s new username ?”. Anyway thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pixieblitz12.4y ago
Works great. I’ve added it in my theme to a widget area that only shows up to logged in users, and it’s doing a great job 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Doremdou12.4y ago
Awesome! just what I was looking for! I had to make some styling to make it looks right, that is the only problem ^^ thank you so much for this plugin 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ abbersbolton12.7y ago
This widget is a great idea, but it needs some styling to be customisable in the settings so that you don’t have large texts with small replies. Also I chose numbers of posts/posts per page and more than my number were displayed, and then with the pagination when I clicked on #2 it seemed to reset the widget so instead of displaying the next set, it showed the whole activity feed. Luckily not so long yet! Needs a lot of work, hope the creator will take comments on board.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "BuddyPress Sitewide Activity Widget allows you to use BuddyPress Sitewide activity stream as a widget."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Component filters are not shown horizontal").
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 651 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 200+ → 100+ down after 516 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 300+ → 200+ down after 303 days in tier
- 2024-06-03 400+ → 300+ down after 325 days in tier
- 2023-07-14 500+ → 400+ down after 133 days in tier
- 2023-03-03 600+ → 500+ down after 202 days in tier
- 2022-08-13 900+ → 600+ down after 527 days in tier
- 2021-03-04 1K+ → 900+ 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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