Disqus Notify Post/Page Author

If using Disqus, the authors of posts/pages do not get notified of comments if they're not Disqus moderators. This plugin fixes that.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

How scoring works →

45 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 74/100

Support 70/100

45 health vs 62 average across 5,154 Uncategorized plugins

80+

Active installs

≈86 estimated

10.0K

Total downloads

since 2014

3.99★

Rating (adjusted)

4.3★ raw · 3 reviews

-51%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

WP compatibility 5/100

Rating quality 53/100

Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3798 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-51% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 86

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

Disqus Notify Post/P · #17747 Manage Notification · #420 Disqus Comment Syste · #917 Customize WordPress · #1032

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate

80–90 ≈86

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations

Ratings · 3 reviews

Details

Version: 1.2.1
Last updated: 10.4y ago
Added: 2014-08-16 · 11 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 2.8
Tested up to: 4.4.34
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

Growth timeline

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

2026-02-08 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
2026-02-07 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
2026-02-05 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
2026-02-02 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in band
2026-01-28 90+ → 80+ down after 5 days in band
2026-01-23 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
2026-01-21 90+ → 80+ down after 70 days in band
2025-11-12 100+ → 90+ down after 60 days in band

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Disqus Notify Post/Page Author: 80+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/disqus-notify-content-author