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Lightweight Subscribe To Comments

by isabel104 · Uncategorized

Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Easiest and most lightweight plugin to let visitors subscribe to comments and get email notifications.

⚠ Stale
How scoring works →
59 Health · C
Maintenance 25/100
Rating quality 90/100
Support 70/100

59 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 35/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 87/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 728 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+88% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

179

now · peak 261

17830d downloads · Aug 26

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

Lightweight Subscrib · #6345 you AnyComment · #3063 Bulk Delete Comments · #3093 Comments Like Dislik · #3230

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

178per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.0y ago

latest release · v1.5.8

16

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.8 · 2.0y ago1.5.1 · 6.0y ago1.3 · 6.0y ago1.5.4 · 6.0y ago1.0 · 6.0y ago1.1 · 6.0y ago0.2 · 6.0y ago1.2 · 6.0y ago1.5.7 · 6.0y ago1.4 · 6.0y ago1.5 · 6.0y ago0.1.9 · 6.0y ago1.5.2 · 6.0y ago1.5.3 · 6.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.5 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,424 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.5.8
Last updated
2.0y ago
Added
2014-05-10 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.7
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Arhea
    4.8y ago

    I have tried many plugins for subscribing to new comments, and this one is the best for the settings inside, the possibilities for messages, performance and convenience! Many thanks to the developers! please support the plugin, I am ready to show one’s gratitude you!

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  2. Maxime_13
    5.5y ago

    Thank you for this plugin. Very easy to configure and completely functional. Well Done Isabel and again, thank you. From France.

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  3. blackdragon100
    5.9y ago

    Thank you for making a nice plugin. ^^

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  4. nittygrittytechy
    5.9y ago

    This plugin is lightweight and very easy to use. However after using it for awhile I started to notice some items not working well. 1. The thank you email did not work at all but I did receive the test emails and I received an email when I did a test reply. I noticed in the forum there has not been a response for about 10 months so not sure if this plugin offers support. For us we had to uninstall this plugin because it did not fully work. However I gave it 4 stars for the lightweight and simplicity. But with all the laws of GDPR and privacy policy etc. I think a more complex plugin would be appropriate for us. This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by nittygrittytechy.

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  5. meisterleise
    5.9y ago

    Easy and useful! Nice Plugin, although it may have problems with GDPR? I still miss some features. But most I miss, that the author hasn’t answered for questions since more than a year. Well, it’s a free plugin, so I don’t wanna whine – but: what a pity. Thanks anyway!

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  6. Alain Aubry
    6.0y ago

    Simple is beautiful! I just started today to use this plugin and I am loving it!

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  7. MarkJ
    6.1y ago

    ^

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  8. jaimenj
    6.1y ago

    It’s really simple and works really great! Thank you (y) This topic was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by jaimenj.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

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Translated into 133 languages, 4 at 90% or more

French (France) 100%
German 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Dutch 27%
Italian 12%
Turkish 12%
Chinese (China) 11%
Polish 11%
Portuguese (Portugal) 11%
Romanian 11%
Russian 11%
Catalan 10%
Czech 10%
Norwegian (Bokmål) 10%
Portuguese (Brazil) 10%
Serbian 10%
Vietnamese 10%
Arabic 8%
Bosnian 8%
Bulgarian 8%
Croatian 8%
Danish 8%
English (UK) 8%

Plus 109 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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