FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles
by ckchaudhary · Login & Users
Also makes 2 other plugins · 240+ installs across the portfolio →
Personalised front pages for buddypress & buddyboss members & groups, bbpress profiles and 'Ultimate Member' profiles.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈31 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bbpress” and “buddyboss” for “buddy” and “frontpage”. “bbpress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buddy” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “buddyboss” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “frontpage” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
60 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 1.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 526 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 526 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddy | #12 | #20 | 0 |
| frontpage | #15 | #23 | down 4 |
| wordpress frontpage | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buddyboss your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buddypress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom group pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| profile page builder your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “bbpress” and “buddyboss” for “buddy” and “frontpage”. “bbpress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buddy” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “buddyboss” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “frontpage” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 26 Jan 2025 · 643 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 213 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 23 May 2025
4
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 49 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 27 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Earl_D9mo ago
I was looking for an easy to setup and use solution for a business directory with Buddypress to add custom profile pages and this fits the bill perfectly. It doesn’t try to do too much it is easy to setup and simple to use. It isn’t perfect but it gets the job done.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress, BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, Instagram and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,721 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom group pages", "profile page builder" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-12 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 52 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 20+ → 30+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 30+ → 20+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-05-11 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 40+ → 30+ down after 30 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 30+ → 40+ up after 32 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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WPML Multilingual for BuddyPress and BuddyBoss 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
bbPress Notify (No-Spam) 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
BuddyPress Builder for Elementor – BuddyBuilder 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Notification Bell 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
bbPress Login Register Links On Forum Topic Pages 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
BuddyPress & BuddyBoss Member Profile Forms 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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