Enhanced Comment Validation
by Mukesh Panchal · Forms
Enhanced Comment Validation plugin is an effective security solution that protects your WordPress comment form.
51 health vs 65 average across 950 Forms plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 932 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
37
now · peak 85
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-06 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-01-29 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-28 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-27 50+ → 60+ up after 32 days in band
- 2025-12-26 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-12-18 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-15 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-14 50+ → 60+ up after 10 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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Post Comment Validation 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
AnyComment 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D -
DCO Comment Attachment 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Comments Like Dislike 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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