Status Buddy
by Maulik Kanani · Login & Users
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45 health vs 59 average across 1,013 Login & Users 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3359 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
53
now · peak 142
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-10-21 20+ → 10+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2024-10-01 10+ → 20+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2024-08-30 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-08-20 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-18 20+ → 10+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2024-07-15 10+ → 20+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 20+ → 10+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2024-06-15 10+ → 20+ up after 4 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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rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 8K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B - B BuddyPress Docs 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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WPML Multilingual for BuddyPress and BuddyBoss 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
BP Classic 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Spam Destroyer 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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