Limit Comments and Word Count
by artiosmedia · Login & Users
Also makes 7 other plugins · 4.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin will limit the number of comments and the word count each user can add to a WordPress blog post, configurable by user role and time.
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Health
B 72/100
Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈47 estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comments per user” and “user comment limit” 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.
72 health vs 61 average across 2,206 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,478 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 324 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.0, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.1
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 word limit your tag | #3 | #6 | — |
| word limits your tag | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| limit comments | #10 | #20 | — |
| word count | #10 | #17 | down 1 |
| word limit | #7 | #14 | down 1 |
| comment limits your tag | #21 | #21 | — |
| post word count | #16 | #20 | 0 |
| comments per user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user comment limit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comments per user” and “user comment limit” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 192 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.2.4 · 13 Dec 2025
23
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 65% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ thomsenf3.2y ago
Ohne viel Schnickschnack, einfach zu bedienen, klappt super! Hatte einen kleinen bug gefunden, wurde kurzfristig behoben! top support 👍🏻
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ onlygrace3.4y ago
This plugin has prevented very lengthy comments from our readers. We find that other readers dislike (as much as we do) a comment which goes on and on for many paragraphs, when a few sentences will do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andreymiller4.0y ago
So Lucky I bumped here: I solved a critical situation in few clicks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ akmc1176.1y ago
… the plugin had a nag notice up pestering me for one, so I have to call it as I see it. The first thing is that I agree with the review by dannydanny; this doesn’t seem to give you the ability to limit posts by people who aren’t members. But that aside, the description of the Plugin was: “This plugin adds above the comment box an active letter counter, word counter, and comment counter, that provides a user constant visual access to their input activity”. I did not see ANY of those. (5.5.1–en_AU, Twenty Seventeen theme.) But what I DID see when the plugin was enabled was that the [Post Comment] control had completely vanished from the page. I’m guessing that it can still be seen by bots since the endless Russian spam postings have continued unabated, it was only humans who did not have access to the button. As soon as I disabled the plugin, the button came back. As soon as I reenabled the plugin, and refreshed the page, it vanished again. (I had windows open in Firefox, Chrome and Edge to check that this wasn’t a browser issue.) With the plug-in active, I couldn’t even see the button when I was logged on as an Admin. I have to again agree with dannydanny; if I give someone an account then it implies that I trust them to not abuse the privilege. THEY aren’t the people that I need to put limits on, and as far as I can see the plugin doesn’t give you the option of limiting non-members. That being the case, I would not have a need for this plugin, and will be uninstalling it once I post this. I didn’t rate it as 1 star out of malice, but the tool tip over 2 stars says “Works”… and if the [Post Comment] button isn’t even visible to an admin it’s really hard to say “it works”. Yes, it stops comments… but in my experience it stops ALL comments that aren’t done by spam bots, since the commenter has no way of posting the comment.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dannydanny6.4y ago
This plugin is great, but seems to lack the ability to limit comments for folks who are not registered users. For example, if someone comes along that is not a user of my site and wants to add a comment, I can’t limit those. And those are the most important to limit. Maybe I’m misunderstanding the plugin. Also, once you create a limit or a rule, the rules do not show so how can you possibly remember what you’ve done? It just says, “settings saved.” But it does not show that you have created a rule. So there is no way to see what rules you’ve imposed upon each user type. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by dannydanny.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ classytech236.6y ago
This plugin is great at limiting comments on my blog; easy to setup!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lmtuan6.7y ago
This Plugin help me a lot for my website
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JJNW6.8y ago
Plugin is simple, yet extremely effective on providing controls to limit comments: you can limit by time period, by role, number of comments per time period, and more. And support is there to help if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks for the plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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 "This plugin will limit the number of comments and the word count each user can add to a WordPress blog post..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 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 Mentions WooCommerce, LearnDash, MemberPress, Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,444 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("comment limits", "comment word limit", "comments per user", "user comment limit", "word limits" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 50+ → 40+ down after 196 days in tier
- 2025-12-14 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 50+ → 40+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 40+ → 50+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-28 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-27 30+ → 40+ up after 86 days in tier
- 2025-05-02 40+ → 30+ down after 33 days in tier
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