Comment Reply Email Notification
by Arno Welzel · Email & Marketing
Also makes 4 other plugins · 28.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “email notifications”, “outgoing email” and “e mails” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11, #17 and #21 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
89 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 117.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 79 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 33 reviews, smoothed to 4.38★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| reply your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| comment reply | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| email notification | #2 | #3 | up 2 |
| reply to | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| comments reply | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| comment notification | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| at reply | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| comment your tag | #11 | #13 | down 1 |
| notification your tag | #14 | #16 | up 4 |
| email notifications | #11 | #13 | down 1 |
| notification email | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| outgoing email | #17 | #14 | 0 |
| comments subscribe | #10 | #11 | — |
| e mail | #24 | #16 | down 4 |
| subscribe to comments | #12 | #13 | down 2 |
| e mails | #21 | #16 | 0 |
| email opt in | #22 | #18 | 0 |
| site notification | #15 | #14 | 0 |
| custom notification | #17 | #13 | 0 |
| subscribe email | #17 | #14 | 0 |
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
76 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 53 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “email notifications”, “outgoing email” and “e mails” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11, #17 and #21 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “comment”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “notification”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.3K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.41.0 · 13 Aug 2026
48
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “3K+”. 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 1 Feb 2016
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.40.0 Updated WordPress compatibility information. 1.40.0
- — Version 1.39.0 Fix compatibility issues with WordPress 6.6 or earlier. 1.39.0
- — Version 1.38.0 Fix double subscribe checkboxes when logged in for WordPress 6.9 or newer. 1.38.0
- — Version 1.37.0 Fixed PHP deprecation warning. 1.37.0
- — Version 1.35.0 Updated WordPress compatibility information. 1.35.0
- — Version 1.34.0 Updated WordPress compatibility information. 1.34.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 16 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 7 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,152 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-03 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1744 days in tier
- 2021-04-21 3K+ → 4K+ up after 609 days in tier
- 2019-08-21 200+ → 3K+ up after 1048 days in tier
- 2016-10-07 10+ → 200+ up
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 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags B - C Comment Email Reply 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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Comment Approved Notifier Extended 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
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
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