Never Moderate Registered Users
by Scott Reilly · Security
Also makes 64 other plugins · 78.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Never moderate or mark as spam comments made by registered users, regardless of the apparent spamminess of the comment.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈29 estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “comment” for “moderate”. “comment” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “moderate” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 66 average across 1,775 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 9.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security 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 1 release 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 124 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ 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.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| moderate | #6 | #21 | 0 |
| registered | #9 | #23 | up 2 |
| registered users | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| moderation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscribers your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| users your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “comment” for “moderate”. “comment” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “moderate” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 146 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v3.0 · 29 Jun 2026
21
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
Install history since 7 Sep 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,489 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "subscribers" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 30+ → 20+ down after 107 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 50+ → 30+ down after 302 days in tier
- 2025-08-28 60+ → 50+ down after 46 days in tier
- 2025-07-13 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-12 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2025-06-30 50+ → 60+ up after 224 days in tier
- 2024-11-18 60+ → 50+ down after 84 days in tier
- 2024-08-26 50+ → 60+ up after 2 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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Anti-spam Reloaded 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
User Spam Remover 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - B Batch Comment Spam Deletion 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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En Spam 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - S Stop Comment Spam 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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