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DCO Comment Attachment

by Denis Yanchevskiy · Media

Also makes 3 other plugins · 9.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

Allows your visitors to attach files with their comments

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.

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.

51 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 9/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 64/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1427 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+43% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

357

now · peak 2.0K

35330d downloads · Aug 26

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

DCO Comment Attachme · #2983 you Featured Video Plus · #1979 Media Focus Point · #2846 Attachment Importer · #3830

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

71per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

3.9y ago

latest release · v2.4.0

15

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.4.0 · 3.9y ago2.3.1 · 4.7y ago2.3.0 · 4.8y ago2.2.0 · 5.1y ago2.1.1 · 5.1y ago2.1.0 · 5.3y ago2.0.0 · 5.7y ago1.3.1 · 5.7y ago1.3.0 · 6.3y ago1.2.1 · 6.3y ago1.2.0 · 6.7y ago1.1.2 · 6.8y ago1.1.1 · 6.8y ago1.1.0 · 7.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.4 91%
Older / other versions 9.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-09-21 · 1,426 observations

5KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.4.0
Last updated
3.9y ago
Added
2019-05-06 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.0.14
Requires PHP
5.6

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 10 reviews to 2025-03-02
Positive PraiseFeature requestsCompatibility

Reviewers call it a great, well-configured attachment plugin and it's working for them, though several ask for an update to confirm current WordPress compatibility, better control over where uploaded files land, and access limits for anonymous commenters.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. Vostok8
    1.5y ago

    Denis, thank you for this amazing plugin!With the help of this plugin, I converted the functionality of comments into reviews with photos. Please do not abandon the support and development of the plugin.I will be very glad if you check the code for compatibility with the current version of WordPress and release an update.Денис, спасибо за плагин!

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  2. katod
    3.0y ago

    Works well. I was able to limit file type and see the jpg in the admin comment approval area and then image displayed nicely in the comments.

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  3. ehsantk
    3.4y ago

    its a great plugin i have a suggest there is a bad thing about uploaded file by user is that its going go wordpress media location. it make hard to find and categorize uploaded file by user for owner of site. if it save file on another location that we could great

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  4. Igor
    3.6y ago

    Awesome plugin with many configuration options.

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  5. Huu Minh
    3.8y ago

    This is an awesome plugin. I’ve been looking for something like this a long time. I hope the author Denis will keep update this plugin and won’t abandon like others after a while. Just wondering, for some reason I have to disable your plugin, all the Youtube links and image attachements will be turned off too?

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  6. Samot80
    4.2y ago

    Muy útil el plugin, esperemos que no abandonen el proyecto. Salvo el detalle de los links de twitter y Facebook que no se incrustan, lo demás funciona perfecto.

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  7. Anonymous
    4.7y ago

    im trying to translate to translate plugi strings such as ( The maximum upload file size, Attachment, etc) with loco translate, but the translation not working at the front end. how can i translate the strings ?

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  8. lazypop
    5.9y ago

    it’s a very difficult plugin. ничё так, норм

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.4.0 Added bulk delete attachments action on the Comments screen. Added the [dco_ca] shortcode for display attachments attached to comments (see FAQ for details). Fixed bug: now if there is no attachment, the empty array is n 2.4.0
  2. Version 2.3.1 Fixed a bug with the accept attribute of the attachment upload field. Added compatibility with Loco Translate plugin. 2.3.1
  3. Version 2.3.0 Added allowed file types to the file input dialog box. (thank you @pranciskus ) Added REST API support (thank you @daohoangson ) Added dco_ca_force_download_misc_attachments filter for force download files instead of ope 2.3.0
  4. Version 2.2.0 Added drag and drop support for attachment input field. Improved “Link thumbnail?” option. Link to a new tab and an attachment page (thank you @nourijp ) is now supported. Fixed bug with “Manually moderate comments with 2.2.0
  5. Version 2.1.1 Added new filters for the attachment markup customization: dco_ca_get_attachment_preview and dco_ca_get_attachment_preview_image . 2.1.1
  6. Version 2.1.0 Added links to attached attachments to the new comment notification email. Added the feature to force moderation comments with attachments. Added compatible with SVG Support plugin. 2.1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 11 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Russian 100%
Italian 99%
Japanese 99%
Spanish (Chile) 93%
Spanish (Spain) 93%
Chinese (China) 91%
Bulgarian 64%
Dutch (Formal) 47%
German (Formal) 41%
German 21%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-31 7K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 9 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-21 9K+ → 8K+ down after 713 days in tier
  4. 2024-06-07 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-06-06 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2024-06-04 8K+ → 9K+ up after 12 days in tier
  7. 2024-05-23 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-05-22 8K+ → 9K+ up after 7 days in tier

Competes with

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