Cookieless Comments vs WF Cookie Consent

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

Cookieless Comments

by Samuel Aguilera

Health D45

WF Cookie Consent

by wunderfarm

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Cookieless CommentsWF Cookie Consent

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	Cookieless Comments	WF Cookie Consent
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-29%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	95/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	2	27 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.4y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76	4.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5% ✓	1.3%
Category	Privacy & Consent	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Cookieless CommentsWF Cookie Consent

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.