Radle – A Reddit Comments Engine
by GBTI Network · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Seamlessly integrate Reddit discussions and publishing capabilities into your WordPress site. Every Radle feature is now free and open source.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈16 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comments”, “discussion” and “publishing” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
85 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 9 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 88 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
32
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
-0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 | ||
| discussion your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| publishing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reddit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comments”, “discussion” and “publishing” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 8 Feb 2025 · 630 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 332 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v2.0.5 · 4 Aug 2026
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Feb 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sproutient1.3y ago
I recommend it, I tested it on my FSE theme and it worked well…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nareshdevineni1.3y ago
Radle is a great way to bring more eyeballs to my content from Reddit. Love it. Thanks for the plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hudson Atwell1.6y ago
Hi everyone, I’m the lead contributor for this plugin and I wanted to leave the first review to help it get started. I put a lot of love into developing this one, and its the first product I’ve contributed to in over five years. If you have any trouble at all please create a Github issue and I’ll take a look at it as soon as possible. Thanks and I hope others end up using this. Kind regards,Hudson Atwell
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Seamlessly integrate Reddit discussions and publishing capabilities into your WordPress site. Every Radle f..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Yoast, Rank Math, Discord.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 8 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,370 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "social media" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-14 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 20+ → 10+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 10+ → 20+ up after 92 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
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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No Page Comment 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Comments 9K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP First Letter Avatar 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Decent Comments 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Comment Notifier 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - P Post Comments as bbPress Topics 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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