One Click Close Comments
by Scott Reilly · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 64 other plugins · 78.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Conveniently close or open comments for a post or page with one click from the admin listing of posts.
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Health
C 68/100
Stale
Active installs
5K+
≈5.2K estimated
Momentum
+37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin” for “close”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “close” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
68 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 162.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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: Update recency
Updated 562 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 562 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| close | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| coffee2code your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| close site | #8 | #13 | 0 |
| open close | #8 | #16 | up 1 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| status your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin” for “close”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “close” sits at #4 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.5y ago
latest release · v3.0 · 17 Apr 2025
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 37% 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 “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 5K.
Install history since 9 Oct 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2025-04-17 Version 3.0 Highlights: This long-awaited major release improves accessibility by allowing keyboard navigation and interaction, reimplements JS to only use vanilla JS, properly shows (or doesn’t show) mouse cursor as pointer when ho 3.0
- 2021-04-01 Version 2.7.1 New: Add a unit test Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.7+ Change: Update copyright date (2021) 2.7.1
- 2020-08-02 Version 2.7 Highlights: This recommended release updates its JavaScript, streamlines markup output, adds unit testing, adds a TODO.md file, updates a few URLs to be HTTPS, notes compatibility through 5.4+, and other minor behind-the 2.7
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2024-07-26 CVE-2024-6546 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.7.1 Patched in 3.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 1 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
4 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,166 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "coffee2code" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-12 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-10 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 4K+ → 5K+ up after 53 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 6K+ → 5K+ down after 102 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 71 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 8K+ → 7K+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2025-10-26 7K+ → 8K+ up after 108 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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Relative URL 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Comments Like Dislike 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
LH Archived Post Status 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Decent Comments 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Anti-spam Reloaded 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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