Most Comments
by Nader · Admin & Utilities
Display posts with the most comments, as a widget or on a page using the template tag. Customize the look with specific settings.
41 health vs 64 average across 825 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 6481 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 59
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-16 30+ → 20+ down after 277 days in band
- 2025-06-12 40+ → 30+ down after 363 days in band
- 2024-06-14 50+ → 40+ down after 11 days in band
- 2024-06-03 40+ → 50+ up after 12 days in band
- 2024-05-22 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in band
- 2024-05-06 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-05 50+ → 40+ down after 74 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
List Custom Taxonomy Widget 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C - R Recent Posts by Category Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Better Recent Comments 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/most-comments" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Most Comments — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Most Comments: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/most-comments