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WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration

by jhong · Social

Bridge phpBB and WordPress!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
40 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 60/100
Support 70/100

40 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Listing tuning 90/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4485 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+31% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

59

now · peak 3.2K

5930d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP-United · #16499 you phpbb_recent_topics · #20596 Muut · #20898 phpBB Topics Portal · #26814

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.3Stars · Aug 26

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.

590per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

12.3y ago

latest release · v0.9.2.8

17

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.9.2.8 · 12.3y ago0.9.2.7 · 12.3y ago0.9.2.6 · 12.3y ago0.9.2.5 · 13.4y ago0.9.2.4 · 13.6y ago0.9.2.3 · 13.6y ago0.9.2.2 · 13.6y ago0.9.2.1 · 13.6y ago0.9.2.0 · 13.6y ago0.9.1.6 · 13.7y ago0.9.1.5 · 13.7y ago0.9.1.4 · 13.7y ago0.9.1.3 · 13.7y ago0.9.1.2 · 13.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.9 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-06-18 · 1,387 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
0.9.2.8
Last updated
12.3y ago
Added
2012-12-09 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.4.0
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. jelleruben
    10.6y ago

    I have install this plugin, now must i install an other plugin. “Click here to download the modification package.” This package does exist any more. If i go to the page (http://www.wp-united.com/releases/wp-united-latest-phpbb) I get the mesage “It looks like nothing was found at this location. Maybe try one of the links below or a search?”

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  2. Sunny Lotus
    10.8y ago

    Hello! My forum version is 3.0.14, so phpBB MODs 0.9.2.7 and 0.9.2.5 don’t work. Can anybody share download link to the phpBB WP United Mod v.0.9.2.8? Thanks a lot!

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  3. soehli
    11.5y ago

    Perfect plugin to bridge WP and phpBB. Plugin creates a seamless transition from WP to phpBB. It took a bit to find automod and WP-United-phpBB module required for the plugin to work. The mods and phpBB package files are located here http://www.wpzoan.com/wp-united-forum-plugin-a-wordpress-phpbb-bridge/ . Everything you’ll need to get the plugin up and running

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  4. OnlyHuman
    11.5y ago

    This mod works just like it says, the only thing I ran into was some styling issues on theme integration. I just finished setting this up for: http://spiritloveforum.com Check it out if you wanna see a preview Before you integrate themes make sure you have the CSS slider all the way off to the left. I’m giving this plugin 3 stars for lack of support and they took off the link to the phpbb automod package which is REQUIRED for this mod to work. I have uploaded it to my server for anyone interested here: http://spiritloveforum.com/kingsblend/wp-united-release-phpbb.zip The phpbb mod ONLY works for version 3.0.x

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  5. semnba
    11.5y ago

    Tried the mod. Could not get it to work. No support. Look at dates… it’s clear the developer has abandoned this mod. I am going to re-do my site and get rid of this, it changed too many configuration files and i want a clean install with no WP-United residue. WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE MIGRATING TO. Thank you for anybody else writing their experience.

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  6. skylab7
    11.5y ago

    Broken link for the MOD package.

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  7. andy.double-eye
    11.6y ago

    The link in the setup http://www.wp-united.com/releases/wp-united-latest-phpbb is broken

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  8. outkax
    11.6y ago

    Work nice with phpbb 3.0.13 & wordpress 4.1 thank’s for the plugin, but one option no work it’s when an user subscrib with phpbb he doesn’t create profil in wordpress. I desiable the sign in in phpbb 😉

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-10-06 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2024-10-02 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2024-09-29 200+ → 100+ down after 12 days in tier
  4. 2024-09-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-09-16 200+ → 100+ down after 590 days in tier
  6. 2023-02-04 300+ → 200+ down

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