Friends
by Alex Kirk · Content & Feeds
A self-hosted social reader for WordPress: follow people via RSS and ActivityPub, with multiple themes and a plugin ecosystem.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-12-14 900+ → 1K+ up after 55 days in band
- 2023-10-20 800+ → 900+ up after 11 days in band
- 2023-10-09 700+ → 800+ up after 24 days in band
- 2023-09-15 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-14 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-13 600+ → 700+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-09-09 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-08 600+ → 700+ up after 61 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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RSS Importer 30K+ installs · 3.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B - D Disable Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/friends" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Friends — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Friends: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/friends