Auto Approve Comments
by Federico Andrioli · Security
Auto approve comments by Commenter (email, name, url), User and Role (Akismet and wpDiscuz compatible)
42 health vs 64 average across 544 Security 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 5+ 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 1858 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
42
now · peak 103
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-08 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-06 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-06-30 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-29 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-06-27 300+ → 200+ down after 17 days in band
- 2025-06-10 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-06-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 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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Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Spam Destroyer 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
La Sentinelle antispam 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Comments – GraphComment | AI-Moderated Comment System 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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