Comment Email Reply
by kilozwo · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 700+ installs across the portfolio →
Simply notifies comment-author via email if someone replies to his comment. Zero Configuration.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
600+
≈650 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “author”, “comments” and “email” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.2%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 11.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4226 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4226 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| author your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reply your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “author”, “comments” and “email” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 158 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
11.6y ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 6 Apr 2015
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Aug 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ beineffable9.6y ago
The plugin is still working, but I wonder for how long, as another plugin that did the same (and was about the same age) has just crashed my site. Can you please update the plugin or let us know that you will not update it? I will do a Dutch translation for you if you’d like.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ empowee9.7y ago
I tested 5 other comment plugin. It took me 5 hours they were complicated and annoying. This was Straight to the point.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jenniffer9.8y ago
Exactly what I needed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ luciole13510.2y ago
Your plugin is great, after trying in vain to configure the subscription plugins to comments, I installed yours that works perfectly the first time! Congratulations!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Benjamin Lupu10.2y ago
One of these nice and nifty plugins that eases life.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ exeomens10.6y ago
Thanks! What if commenter doesn’t want to receive notifications? An opt-in or out feature would be great! @karl53 To do what you want to do, go to your Dashboard, then to Plugins, click on Edit “Comment Email Reply” in cer_plugin.php change: $headers .= 'From: '.get_option('blogname').' <'.get_option('admin_email').'>' . "\r\n"; to $headers .= 'From: '.get_option('blogname').' <[email protected]>' . "\r\n";
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ karl5310.6y ago
Thank you for Comment Email Reply plugin. Does exactly what it supposed to do and no configuration required – which is nice. However, there is one option that I would like to see added. And option to use “do-not-reply”@mydomain.com. I want to encourage readers to come back to the site and post follow-up comments rather than simply reply to the reply email. So in that sense, the plugin is a bit too simplistic.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sarankumar11.1y ago
Exactly what i looking for 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 95 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("comments", "notification", "reply" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-04 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 700+ → 600+ down after 268 days in tier
- 2025-05-06 800+ → 700+ down after 215 days in tier
- 2024-10-03 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-02 800+ → 900+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-09-21 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-20 800+ → 900+ up after 1 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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Comment Reply Email Notification 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disqus Comment System 30K+ installs · 2.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - S Subscribe to Comments 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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