Hide Comments Feature vs Hide/Remove Metadata

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

Hide Comments Feature

by Vitor Carvalho

Health D46

Hide/Remove Metadata

by Catch Plugins

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Hide Comments Feature Hide/Remove Metadata

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	Hide Comments Feature	Hide/Remove Metadata
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 46	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.10★ ✓	3.72★
Reviews	6	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	124	2.2K ✓
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.