Kau-Boy's Comment Notification vs One Click Close Comments

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

Kau-Boy's Comment Notification

by Bernhard Kau

Health D41

One Click Close Comments

by Scott Reilly

Health C66

Active-install trajectory

Kau-Boy's Comment Notification One Click Close 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	Kau-Boy's Comment Notification	One Click Close Comments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-75%	-29% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	C · 66 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	46/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.35★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	13.8y ago	1.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	42	337 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Kau-Boy's Comment Notification One Click Close 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.