Comments with OpenId
by Unknown · Login & Users
The 'Comments with OpenID' plugin allows to provide user details via OpenID service providers (Google, Yandex, LiveJournal etc.
41 health vs 64 average across 549 Login & Users plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5947 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 572
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
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-05-06 30+ → 20+ down after 151 days in band
- 2022-12-06 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Comments – wpDiscuz 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Yandex.Metrica 60K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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