Comments Form Star Rating Plugin for WordPress
by Chitraa · Forms
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allow your customers to add star rattings in comment form.
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Health
D 53/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈2K estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comment form plugin”, “comments” and “rating” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
53 health vs 65 average across 2,515 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,671 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 727 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 727 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment form plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| star your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comment form plugin”, “comments” and “rating” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 9 Nov 2022 · 1,455 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 648 · 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
No release in a yearHow 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 · v2.0.0 · 5 Nov 2024
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 33 days ago and the previous band took 23 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 8 Nov 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ queno18091.1y ago
It’s very good, it just needs to be compatible with Google’s guide to be able to appear in the results.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chitraa2.0y ago
Great plugin! Easy to set up and works perfectly. My users love the star rating feature, and it’s made my site more interactive. Highly recommend!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allow your customers to add star rattings in comment form."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); 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 2 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,165 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "comment form plugin", "user rating" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 696 days in tier
- 2024-11-03 1K+ → 2K+ up after 198 days in tier
- 2024-04-19 900+ → 1K+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2024-03-31 800+ → 900+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 700+ → 800+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2024-03-02 600+ → 700+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 500+ → 600+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2024-02-05 400+ → 500+ up after 14 days in tier
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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Comments Like Dislike 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Reviews Plus 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Stars Rating 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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