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Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts vs Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts

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

Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts

by Corey Salzano

Health A85
Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts

by Corey Salzano

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts

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 Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 100–200 ✓ 40–50
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. 0% ✓ -20%
Overall health A · 85 ✓ B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 78/100 ✓ 65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (adjusted) 4.10★ ✓ 3.60★
Reviews 6 ✓ 0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 90/100 ✓ 88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 2mo ago 2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 99 176 ✓
Category Uncategorized Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts

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.