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Comment Validation

by joern.zaefferer · Uncategorized

This plugin adds client-side validation to the Wordpress comment form, using the jQuery validation plugin.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 74
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-45%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

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 “700+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 800+ in roughly 79 days.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1378 daily snapshots

Details

Version
0.4
Last updated
16.2y ago
Added
2008-11-15
Requires WP
2.0.0
Tested up to
2.9.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-04 600+ → 700+ up after 8 days in band
  2. 2026-02-24 500+ → 600+ up after 312 days in band
  3. 2025-04-18 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in band
  4. 2025-04-13 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-04-12 600+ → 500+ down after 4 days in band
  6. 2025-04-08 500+ → 600+ up after 8 days in band
  7. 2025-03-31 600+ → 500+ down after 7 days in band
  8. 2025-03-24 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band

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Comment Validation: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/comment-validation