Advanced Comment Form vs Comments

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

Advanced Comment Form

by Rock Solid

Health C57

Comments

by AdvancedCoding

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Comment Form Comments

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 Form	Comments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20% ✓	-25%
Overall health	C · 57	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	21/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	36/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.57★	4.70★ ✓
Reviews	19	578 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.2y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	288	119.9K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Advanced Comment Form Comments

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.