BuddyPress for Sensei
by Syed Balkhi · Education
BuddyPress for Sensei integrates the WooThemes Sensei plugin with BuddyPress, so you can add groups, activity, members, and forums to your courses.
48 health vs 65 average across 121 Education plugins
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 4.8.28, well behind 6.8.
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 2859 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
33
now · peak 84
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
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 70+ → 80+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 70+ → 80+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-13 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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BuddyPress for LearnDash 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Sensei LMS Post to Course Creator 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Element Lesson Timer for Sensei 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Tutor LMS Elementor Addons 30K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/sensei-buddypress" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="BuddyPress for Sensei — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> BuddyPress for Sensei: 70+ active installs, 4.7★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/sensei-buddypress