PMC Disable Comments
by vickybiswas · Uncategorized
Default wordpress functionality for disable comments extended for post type based control.
43 health vs 58 average across 8,032 Uncategorized 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4827 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
27
now · peak 83
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-09 200+ → 100+ down after 653 days in band
- 2024-03-27 300+ → 200+ down after 424 days in band
- 2023-01-28 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Disable Comments 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Comments 9K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simply Disable Comments 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Daisy Comments — Disable Comments & Stop Spam 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
CRUDLab Disable Comments 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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