Modify Comment Parent
by Sal Ferrarello · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 5.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a "Parent Comment ID" field to the backend comment edit page.
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Health
B 73/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈81 estimated
Momentum
-22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “modify” and “parent” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed these are the slots worth spending.
73 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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 291 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| parent comment | #3 | #22 | 0 |
| modify | #8 | #24 | down 3 |
| parent | #8 | #24 | down 2 |
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 7 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
- Add “modify” and “parent” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 241 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
Install history since 15 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Salvatore Noschese2.9y ago
about comments parent issue, I wrote a topic here: wordpress.org/support/topic/any-way-to-move-comments/#post-17222049 finally, fixed with this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Annonnimmo7.7y ago
All my compliments to the coder of this little handy plugin. You avoid to me to argue with WordPress database, thank you. I hope you’ll keep this plugin simple (and updated, only when will be necessary). UPDATE: Also with WordPress 5.8.x it works perfectly! This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Annonnimmo. Reason: update wp 5.8
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a "Parent Comment ID" field to the backend comment edit page."
- ✓ 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 Yoast.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 753 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-09-09 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-09-07 70+ → 80+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 80+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 80+ → 70+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 80+ → 70+ down after 9 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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DCO Comment Attachment 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
One Click Close Comments 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Comments Like Dislike 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Comment Reply Email Notification 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relative URL 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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