Comment Rating Stars
by jgadbois · Uncategorized
A simple plugin for adding review and rating functionality to WordPress comments.
46 health vs 62 average across 4,939 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4672 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
54
now · peak 136
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-03-01 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-29 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-28 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-27 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-02-24 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/comment-rating-stars" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Comment Rating Stars — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Comment Rating Stars: 100+ active installs, 4.7★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/comment-rating-stars