Remove Comment Website/URL Box vs Comments

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

Remove Comment Website/URL Box

by Mark Hodder

Health D48

Comments

by AdvancedCoding

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

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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	Remove Comment Website/URL Box	Comments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 48	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	7	581 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.6y ago	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	312	79.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.9% ✓	1.2%
Category	Forms	Forms

✓ 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.