Turn Off Site Comments vs Disable Comments

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

Turn Off Site Comments

by Mikin Chauhan

Health C57

Disable Comments

by WPDeveloper

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Turn Off Site Comments	Disable Comments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 57	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	41/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.67★ ✓
Reviews	0	280 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	19	476.1K ✓
Category	Media	Security

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

Release activity

Turn Off Site Comments Disable 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.