Display phpBB Forums
by anybuy · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Display phpBB Forums is a WordPress plugin that allows you to show nodes (Category, Forum, LinkForum) from your separate phpBB forum as primary menu i …
42 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
59/100Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Negative reviews. Recent reviews are running negative.
- 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 4595 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
54
now · peak 132
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
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.
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 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 review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2014-04-07The only recent review is a one-star warning that the plugin looks untrustworthy, with a help link pointing to a spammy shop site and advice not to hand over your database details.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cannon30312.4y ago
It doesn’t look trusted especially as the help link just goes to a spammy shop based site. Don’t enter your database details.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
- W WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration 100+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- P phpbb_recent_topics 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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bbPress 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C -
Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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