Comments Shield – Disable Comments & Stop Spam, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments
by Delower Hossain · Security
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Delete, disable, and clean all comments in one click. Easily manage, bulk delete, or completely disable comments across your entire WordPress site.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
+46%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “remove comments”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
83 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.7%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 1.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 79 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comments shield your tag | #1 | #9 | 0 |
| remove comments your tag | #13 | #24 | down 1 |
| delete comments your tag | #18 | #24 | down 2 |
| disable comments your tag | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| remove bulk comments | #13 | #21 | up 2 |
| top comments | #15 | #23 | up 2 |
| stop comments | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| bulk delete comments | #17 | #23 | down 1 |
| delete bulk comments | #17 | #23 | 0 |
| clean comments | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| spam comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 7 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
- One page off on “remove comments”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “spam comments” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Jan 2025 · 659 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 126 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Delete, disable, and clean all comments in one click. Easily manage, bulk delete, or completely disable com..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 717 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("delete comments", "remove comments", "spam comments" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-29 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-26 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 50+ → 40+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 40+ → 50+ 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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Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Disable Comments & Delete All Comments 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
CRUDLab Disable Comments 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Uncomment – Disable Comments 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Commenti – Disable & Remove Comments, Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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