Comment Form Editor with TinyMCE
by Shail Mehta · Forms
Also makes 1 other plugin · 180+ installs across the portfolio →
Users can easily add TinyMCE Editor in Comment Form in just one click.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈84 estimated
Momentum
+22%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “comment form” and “comments” 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.
82 health vs 65 average across 2,517 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 5.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,674 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 164 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment form tinymce your tag | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| tinymce your tag | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| tinymce comment | #2 | #7 | — |
| tinymce editor your tag | #9 | #15 | up 1 |
| comment form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comment form” and “comments” 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 28 Jan 2023 · 1,376 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 340 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.1.4 · 23 May 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 45% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 697 days.
Install history since 27 Jan 2023
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Users can easily add TinyMCE Editor in Comment Form in just one click."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 162 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "comment-form-tinymce", "comments" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-24 70+ → 80+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 90+ → 70+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 100+ → 90+ down after 175 days in tier
- 2025-10-27 90+ → 100+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2025-09-16 80+ → 90+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2025-07-11 70+ → 80+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2025-06-17 80+ → 70+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2025-03-15 100+ → 80+ down after 142 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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Advanced Comment Form 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C - T TinyMCE VisualBlocks 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Custom Comment Form Title 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - H Hide-n-Disable-comment-url-field 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Editor Comments Plus 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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