Comments Firewall vs Forget Spam Comment

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

Comments Firewall

by korchix

Health B71

Forget Spam Comment

by Gulshan Kumar

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

Comments Firewall Forget Spam 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	Comments Firewall	Forget Spam Comment
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 71	B · 71
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	69/100 ✓	52/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.74★ ✓
Reviews	1	46 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10mo ago ✓	1.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	34	526 ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Comments Firewall Forget Spam Comment

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.