Optin Comment Notifications
by Scott Reilly · Email & Marketing
Allows users to opt into receiving a notification email whenever a comment is made to the site.
46 health vs 65 average across 763 Email & Marketing 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.22, 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 2669 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
32
now · peak 73
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-12 70+ → 60+ down after 66 days in band
- 2025-10-07 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-29 70+ → 80+ up after 178 days in band
- 2025-04-04 80+ → 70+ down after 60 days in band
- 2025-02-03 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-01-31 80+ → 70+ down after 64 days in band
- 2024-11-28 90+ → 80+ down after 355 days in band
- 2023-12-09 100+ → 90+ down after 18 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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Lightweight Subscribe To Comments 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags C -
ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Disqus Comment System 40K+ installs · 2.7★ · 2 shared tags C - S Subscribe to Comments 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C
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Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
AnyComment 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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