Hide Comment Author Link
by Ataul Ghani · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Use Hide Comment Author Link plugin and easily disable comment author url from your WordPress site.
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Health
C 68/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+43%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “comment url”, “disable comment link” and “author link” for “commenters”, “hyperlinks” and “author url”. “comment url” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “commenters” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disable comment link” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “hyperlinks” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “author link” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “author url” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
68 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 30.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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: Rating quality
Updated 371 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.1★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
27
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment author your tag | #10 | #15 | down 2 |
| remove comment link your tag | #13 | #20 | down 3 |
| author link your tag | #18 | #23 | down 2 |
| disable comment link your tag | #23 | #24 | down 4 |
| author url | #24 | #22 | down 1 |
| commenters | #19 | #17 | down 2 |
| hyperlink | #22 | #20 | 0 |
| hyperlinks | #22 | #20 | down 1 |
| comment link | #16 | #18 | 0 |
| hide author | #17 | #19 | down 1 |
| remove author link | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| remove comment links | #24 | #19 | — |
| comment url your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 3 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
- Swap “comment url”, “disable comment link” and “author link” for “commenters”, “hyperlinks” and “author url”. “comment url” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “commenters” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “disable comment link” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “hyperlinks” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “author link” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “author url” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “remove comment link”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 804 · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years 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 5 Sep 2019
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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
1 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 "Use Hide Comment Author Link plugin and easily disable comment author url from your WordPress site."
- ! 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 412 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("comment url", "disable comment link", "remove comment link" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 2K+ → 1K+ down
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).
- R Remove links from comments 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- D Disable Comment Author Links 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
- C Comment Count Admin (by URL) 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 8K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Commenters Comments Count 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
Remove Website Link Field From Comment Section 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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