Social Comments by Heateor
by Heateor Support · Social
Also makes 4 other plugins · 103.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Integrate Facebook Comments, Vkontakte Comments and/or Disqus Comments along with default comment form at your website
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 74/100
Stale
Active installs
600+
≈680 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “google comments” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
74 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 78.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 414 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 23 reviews, smoothed to 4.29★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 414 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| googleplus | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| vkontakte commenting your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| vkontakte comments your tag | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| disqus comments your tag | #9 | #12 | down 1 |
| social commenting | #4 | #7 | 0 |
| fb comments | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| facebook comments your tag | #19 | #21 | down 2 |
| social comments | #21 | #22 | down 3 |
| fb comment | #7 | #10 | 0 |
| disqus | #21 | #17 | 0 |
| facebook commenting | #9 | #10 | 0 |
| vkontakte | #24 | #18 | down 1 |
| google comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “google comments” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “googleplus”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 834 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.6.3 · 12 Sep 2025
27
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% 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 “600+”. 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 under 700.
Install history since 2 Nov 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.6.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 WordPress Social Comments Plugin for Vkontakte Comments and Disqus Comments <= 1.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-01-20 CVE-2023-23977 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.6.1 Patched in 1.6.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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
6 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 "Integrate Facebook Comments, Vkontakte Comments and/or Disqus Comments along with default comment form at y..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Facebook, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,318 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "google comments", "vkontakte commenting" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-13 700+ → 600+ down after 125 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-31 800+ → 700+ down after 38 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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Social comments by WpDevArt 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Genial Comments 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disqus Conditional Load 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Lazy Social Comments 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - S Social Comments 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
- T Twenty Fifteen Disqus Style 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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