Peter’s Literal Comments
by Peter · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 610+ installs across the portfolio →
All comments on your blog will be displayed as typed, without any allowed formatting.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
-13%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “comments” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,781 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4002 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4002 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comments” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 188 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago and the previous band took 2.5 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 15 Jan 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ starlight_design9.1y ago
It installed well and turns html tags into plain text, so I love it, and it’s compatible up to the latest version. I don’t know what version I have because I am not shown that, only “get version 4.8.2,” so who knows. I do wish it would remove the encouraging text next to the comment box that says “Hey! You can use < strong > < em > blahblah and all kinds of < blockquote >,” because I don’t want people entering anything weird into the comment box, the text is way too much and it didn’t look good, but I fixed with css, since there’s no other way to easily fix it without tampering with core files or making a new child theme. This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by starlight_design.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 12sp10.1y ago
Simple plugin to strip out the HTML in comments without editing the core files. It does just that. Updating August 2019. It still works (with the current version of WP). This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by 12sp.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Graham Cluley13.5y ago
Has helped maintain the security of my site by stopping any nasty HTML and Javascript from creeping in. Thanks Peter!
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 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 Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 145 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-28 200+ → 100+ down after 913 days in tier
- 2023-10-28 300+ → 200+ down after 389 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 400+ → 300+ down
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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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B - C Cookies for Comments 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
- T Throws SPAM Away 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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