Allow Comments on Pages by Default vs No Page Comment

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

Allow Comments on Pages by Default

by Sergey Biryukov

Health D44

No Page Comment

by Seth Alling

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

Allow Comments on Pages by Default No Page Comment

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	Allow Comments on Pages by Default	No Page Comment
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 44	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	71/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.92★	4.58★ ✓
Reviews	4	22 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	30/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.1y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	52	689 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.