Custom Comment Links
by Sergio Scabuzzo · Uncategorized
Customize comment links on your site. Control comment author's URL, remove links from comments. Disable these options for privileged users.
47 health vs 64 average across 4,249 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1234 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
now · peak 69
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-29 30+ → 40+ up after 58 days in band
- 2026-04-01 40+ → 30+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-03-21 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-20 40+ → 30+ down after 191 days in band
- 2025-09-10 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-08 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-07 30+ → 40+ up after 243 days in band
- 2025-01-07 40+ → 30+ down after 131 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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LuckyWP Table of Contents 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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