Custom Comment Form Title
by Derek Rippe · Forms
Engage your visitors and initiate discussion with more meaningful comment form titles, created on a post-by-post basis!
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+42%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comment”, “comment form” and “comment form title” 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.
46 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 15.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,668 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.
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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2913 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2913 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 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment form title your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post comments your tag | Not checked yet | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comment”, “comment form” and “comment form title” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 114 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
8.0y ago
latest release · v2.2 · 9 Nov 2018
7
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ldesherl10.3y ago
I’m using the SEOS White Premium Theme. This pugin does not appear to work with this theme. My configured it but the comment forms were invisible on my designated pages.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SVTX11.4y ago
Works out of the box on a Twenty Fifteen child theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Li-An12.2y ago
Not easy to find frssh ideas to improve comments and this plugin works very nice.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ coyse12.5y ago
Hello Mr. Rippe, Works perfect with WP 3.9.1 and Vantage 1.1.12 theme. I had not had any luck with other themes 🙁 Now finally, I was able to see your plugin working…! 😉 It is wonderful to be able to create engaging phrases in different pages. Two thumbs up from a semi-retired architect who recognizes genial ideas Philippe btw… I registered just to post my humble review!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andreas-san13.0y ago
Hi Derek, Works fine with my “Twenty Eleven”-Theme. Would be great to have further textfield to customise e.g. “comment_notes_before”; “comment_notes_after” I tried it on my own in the comments.php, but it didn’t work 🙁 Would be great to see a update for this. br to Seattle
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Noumaan Yaqoob13.3y ago
Tested it with Twenty Twelve and a couple of themes and it works nicely.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,655 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "comments", "post comments" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-14 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 400+ → 300+ down after 388 days in tier
- 2024-10-17 500+ → 400+ down after 304 days in tier
- 2023-12-18 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-12-13 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-12 600+ → 500+ down after 331 days in tier
- 2023-01-15 700+ → 600+ down after 537 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).
- C Comments 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
One Click Close Comments 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Comments Like Dislike 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Comment Form 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Relative URL 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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