Comment Author Role Badge
by Sparanoid · Uncategorized
Displays a user badge next to the comment author name based on author's role.
45 health vs 59 average across 6,897 Uncategorized 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 1801 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
16
now · peak 62
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 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-19 20+ → 10+ down after 198 days in band
- 2025-12-03 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-29 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-11-23 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-22 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-11-17 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-16 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-11-09 10+ → 20+ up after 213 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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YITH WooCommerce Badge Management 10K+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
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 -
One Click Close Comments 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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