Advanced Comment Validation
by Abhishek.shukla · Forms
This plugin adds wordpress comments validation to the Wordpress comment form. only need to activate the plugin than validation is working.
45 health vs 63 average across 1,111 Forms plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3518 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
70
now · peak 167
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-09 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-07 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-03 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-30 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-24 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-23 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-22 60+ → 50+ down after 74 days in band
- 2026-02-07 70+ → 60+ down after 29 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Comments – wpDiscuz 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Comment Form 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Custom Comment Form Title 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Comment Emojis for WP 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - C Comments 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Comment Form Editor with TinyMCE 80+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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