Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments
by Scott Reilly · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 64 other plugins · 78.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables in-place expansion of excerpts in the admin dashboard 'Comments' section of the 'Activity' widget to view full comments.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+34%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin” for “coffee2code”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “coffee2code” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
60 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 11.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 563 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 563 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.
39
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| expandable | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
| coffee2code | #21 | #18 | 0 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| excerpt your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recent comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin” for “coffee2code”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “coffee2code” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 192 · 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v3.0.1 · 16 Apr 2025
25
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 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ CCDzine9.7y ago
I love simple little tweaks like this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lexfridman13.8y ago
Very simple plugin but, at least for me, it’s very useful. Works great even though it hasn’t been updated for a year and a half. Great stuff.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Scott Reilly14.0y ago
A simple and straightforward plugin that allows you to expand comment excerpts in the admin dashboard widget to view the whole comment without having to leave the dashboard. Handy for those who spend a lot of time in their dashboard.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 35 languages, 3 at 90% or more
Plus 11 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Enables in-place expansion of excerpts in the admin dashboard 'Comments' section of the 'Activity' widget t..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,018 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 30+ → 40+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2025-10-30 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-29 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-27 40+ → 30+ down after 32 days in tier
- 2025-09-25 30+ → 40+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-04 30+ → 40+ up after 35 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).
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Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
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Erident Custom Login and Dashboard 7K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Announce from the Dashboard 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
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