Comment Location Tracker
by Jason Grim · Uncategorized
Traces the IP of comment authors in Wordpress on the comments admin page.
41 health vs 57 average across 9,154 Uncategorized plugins
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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4765 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
25
now · peak 64
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 “20+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-13 30+ → 20+ down after 414 days in band
- 2024-05-25 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-05-22 30+ → 40+ up after 31 days in band
- 2024-04-21 40+ → 30+ down after 103 days in band
- 2024-01-09 30+ → 40+ up after 52 days in band
- 2023-11-18 40+ → 30+ down after 170 days in band
- 2023-06-01 50+ → 40+ down after 116 days in band
- 2023-02-05 40+ → 50+ up after 19 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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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 -
Relative URL 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Decent Comments 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/comment-ip-trace" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Comment Location Tracker — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Comment Location Tracker: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/comment-ip-trace