Edit Parent Comment ID
by Sergey Biryukov · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 29 other plugins · 312.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds parent comment ID meta box to a comment editing page.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈32 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “comments” and “id” 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.
47 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 4.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 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.
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 5294 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5294 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| id your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “comments” and “id” 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 65 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
14.5y ago
latest release · v0.3 · 3 May 2012
3
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ umchal6.9y ago
Works just fine even after 8 yeas from the last update. I’m amazed that there was no easy way to change the comment relations with the native functionality of WordPress. Often the visitor doesn’t care where to comment and create mess on your site. Or even you site manager sometimes mistakenly does that. I tried different plugins that appeared at top of search results but none of them worked (can’t believe) but this one does. I had to login to an old web site that installed this one to find the plugin that works. By the way, this plugin doesn’t seem to appear in the search results of the wordpres.org plugin listing. If you go to Dashboard -> Plugins -> Add New and type the name of this plugin. It doesn’t hit anything. Even changing the search type to Author and type Sergey Biryukov, it doesn’t find it either. I don’t understand why wordpress.org hides this well functioning plugin. The UI is just minimum and simple and does the job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dmitriy Amirov10.9y ago
Instead, I advise you to use this plugin Change Comment Parent
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sean Donovan12.5y ago
If you are looking to edit the parent through the WP backend, use comments-advanced which is know to work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Parakoos13.4y ago
Works well!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds parent comment ID meta box to a comment editing page."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 98 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "admin" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 20+ → 30+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 659 days in tier
- 2024-09-05 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-09-01 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-31 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-08-21 30+ → 40+ up after 14 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).
- S ShowID for Post/Page/Category/Tag/Comment 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Relative URL 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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