Advanced Comment Validation vs Advanced Comment Form

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Advanced Comment Validation

by Abhishek.shukla

Health D45

Advanced Comment Form

by Rock Solid

Health C56

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Advanced Comment Validation	Advanced Comment Form
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-38%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	C · 56 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	18/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.57★ ✓
Reviews	1	19 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	64/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	9.9y ago	2.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	63	440 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	5.4% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.