Always Allow Admin Comments
by Scott Reilly · Admin & Utilities
Allow an admin user (when logged in) to always be able to comment on a post, even if comments are closed for the post.
41 health vs 53 average across 2,769 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1736 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
29
now · peak 77
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 “10+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 20+ → 10+ down after 523 days in tier
- 2024-11-05 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-11-02 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-31 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-30 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-10-27 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-25 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 30+ → 20+ down after 41 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
One Click Close Comments 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Relative URL 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
AnyComment 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Comments Like Dislike 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Decent Comments 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Always Allow Admin Comments into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/always-allow-admin-comments" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Always Allow Admin Comments — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Always Allow Admin Comments: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/always-allow-admin-comments