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AJAX Comment Loading

by Mark Jaquith · Performance

Also makes 19 other plugins · 164.9K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Loads comments with a secondary AJAX request, including comment paging. Speeds initial loading of the page.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 67 average across 1,076 Performance plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

9.3K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.72★

Rating (adjusted)

3.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+19%

38

Downloads · 30d

category median +13%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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.

32 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5166 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+19% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

38

now · peak 81

3830d downloads · Aug 26

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

AJAX Comment Loading · #27614 you Ajaxify Comments · #3739 Lazy Load for Commen · #4800 LiteSpeed Cache · #5

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.9Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

14.2y ago

latest release · v1.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0 · 14.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
20–30 ≈27

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-09-18 · 1,386 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
14.2y ago
Added
2012-07-09 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.4
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ sirlantis
    11.9y ago

    If you have some weird issues using JetPack you have to fix the line: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

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  2. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    12.8y ago

    That’s it. Also its fixed version at “Tips and Tricks HQ” does not work. The reason of this result must be a lack of explanation I think. “Upload or get plugin and activate” is not a good instruction. Such thing is already known even for children.

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  3. ★★★★★ LekovicMilos
    13.4y ago

    When you activate it, comments stop showing, it just says “Loading comments…”

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 10+ → 20+ up after 24 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-07 20+ → 10+ down after 21 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-17 10+ → 20+ up after 7 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-27 10+ → 20+ up after 7 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-20 20+ → 10+ down after 20 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-31 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-28 20+ → 10+ down after 128 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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