Edit Parent Comment ID
by Sergey Biryukov · Admin & Utilities
Adds parent comment ID meta box to a comment editing page.
47 health vs 55 average across 1,978 Admin & Utilities 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5188 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
20
now · peak 65
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-06-27 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 659 days in band
- 2024-09-05 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-09-01 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-31 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-08-21 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in band
- 2024-08-07 40+ → 30+ down after 379 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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Relative URL 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/edit-parent-comment-id" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Edit Parent Comment ID — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Edit Parent Comment ID: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/edit-parent-comment-id