Simple Comment Quicktags
by Marc Tönsing · Uncategorized
Make commenting easier with bold, italic, add link and quote buttons on top of the form.
84 health vs 56 average across 12,104 Uncategorized plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
57
now · peak 202
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 56 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 80+ → 90+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 90+ → 80+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 100+ → 90+ down after 475 days in tier
- 2024-12-18 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/marctv-quicktags" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Simple Comment Quicktags — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Simple Comment Quicktags: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/marctv-quicktags