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Optin Comment Notifications

by Scott Reilly · Email & Marketing

Also makes 50 other plugins · 78.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Allows users to opt into receiving a notification email whenever a comment is made to the site.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins

50+

Active installs

≈57 estimated

4.5K

Total downloads

since 2015

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+46%

57

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 5.1.24, 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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 13/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2714 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+46% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

57

now · peak 73

5730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Optin Comment Notifi · #19573 you Lightweight Subscrib · #6323 ActiveCampaign Postm · #694 Disqus Comment Syste · #926

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.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

7.4y ago

latest release · v1.4

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4 · 7.4y ago1.3 · 8.2y ago1.2 · 9.6y ago1.1 · 10.4y ago1.0 · 11.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
50–60 ≈57

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2016-04-19 · 1,387 observations

50Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
7.4y ago
Added
2015-01-12 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
5.1.24
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ eRoxanne
    6.4y ago

    Precisely what I needed and works instantly and perfectly. Bravo.

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  2. ★★★★★ swinggraphics
    9.4y ago

    Checkboxes on user profiles to receive emails about new comments. Like it says.

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  3. ★★★★★ AJD
    11.6y ago

    Its annoying that user comment notification (and subscribe to comments) isn’t built into WordPress. Thanks for a great plugin.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Czech 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 60+ → 50+ down after 262 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-12 70+ → 60+ down after 66 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-07 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-29 70+ → 80+ up after 178 days in tier
  5. 2025-04-04 80+ → 70+ down after 60 days in tier
  6. 2025-02-03 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2025-01-31 80+ → 70+ down after 64 days in tier
  8. 2024-11-28 90+ → 80+ down after 355 days in tier

Competes with

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