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Override Comment Options

by Jeff Starr · Uncategorized

Enables per-post override of "Automatically close comments on posts older than" option in the WP Discussion Settings.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 63 average across 4,848 Uncategorized plugins

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.

85 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-51% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

37

now · peak 2.2K

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

Override Comment Opt · #28207 No Page Comment · #1974 Disable Comments · #2235 WP First Letter Avat · #4842

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈17

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
2.9
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2019-10-15 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
5.6.20

Growth timeline

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

No band crossings observed yet.

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