Simple Commenter – Website Feedback tool
by Aleksander Kaaberma · Uncategorized
The website feedback tool your clients will actually use. Collect visual feedback directly on your site—no training required.
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Health
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈220 estimated
Momentum
-31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “feedback” for “website feedback tool”. “feedback” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “website feedback tool” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.8%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 4.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.
This plugin shipped 19 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 4 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.29★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| commenter | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| commenters | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| website feedback your tag | #5 | #11 | up 1 |
| website feedback tool | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| client feedback your tag | #11 | #12 | up 1 |
| visual feedback your tag | #11 | #14 | 0 |
| annotations your tag | #11 | #9 | down 1 |
| feedback your tag | #19 | #16 | down 2 |
| website screenshots | #12 | #16 | down 1 |
| training tools | #8 | #12 | 0 |
| client training | #9 | #15 | down 1 |
| annotation | #20 | #12 | up 1 |
| simple feedback | #15 | #18 | down 1 |
| clients feedback | #18 | #18 | down 1 |
36 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 22 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “feedback” for “website feedback tool”. “feedback” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “website feedback tool” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “annotations”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “client feedback”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “visual feedback”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 27 Jan 2026 · 277 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 863 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
19
releases in the last 12 months
4d ago
latest release · v2.2.2 · 27 Oct 2026
19
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 150 days.
Install history since 27 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Groovyx98mo ago
Simple, effective, the perfect complement to the Simple Commenter service, which is clearly the best in class for this type of tool (and I’ve tried a ton of them). Perfect for getting useful feedback from web agency clients, which is usually no easy task…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ heightencreative9mo ago
Was an early adopter when Aleksander released this in response to Markup.io’s rediculous price change. It was great then and just keeps getting better. Exactly what I always wanted in a feedback tool and now the WP integration just takes it over the top. Made a request for the widget to be disabled in my page builder of choice and within a week the fix was implemented and released. Great product, Great support.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ karlorv9mo ago
Excellent plugin built by Aleksander ! The tool is very active and has several updates each monthThe plugin make it so simple to manage from WP Dashboard !This tool is as Must Have for all Webdesign profesionnals, my clients love it !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tomlemmens9mo ago
I’ve been using this for a while now. It’s very easy to use, gets regular updates, and communication with your customer is smooth and fast. Your customer can clearly indicate where they want to change text or photos and also provide the correct text or photos immediately. No more wasting time searching for material and placing it. This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by tomlemmens.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ redswirl9mo ago
I use Simple Commenter on every site for communication between my assistant and me. It has completely changed our workflow for the better. No more back and forth emails, messages or Click up notes. Support is great and the developer is very open to ideas and feedback which is a real bonus.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anlip9mo ago
This plugin provides a simple but very complete solution for those of us needing this precise service of feedback with clients when developing a new website or working on a production ready-one. Love it !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jacekprywaciarz9mo ago
It’s simple as it says in the name and this is the most important thing for me a website designer since your clients wont spend time learning how to use review system for a single project. Yet it has enough features to well serve my needs.Really love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Robin Bastian9mo ago
Simple Commenter makes communication with clients so much easier and way more effective! It was also well received by my clients. Makes a professional impression right from the start. I’m using it for every project, and can highly recommend it.
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The website feedback tool your clients will actually use. Collect visual feedback directly on your site—no..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for developers", "built for", "use it").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Slack.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,337 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "client feedback" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-09 100+ → 200+ up after 101 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 80+ → 90+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-04-11 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 60+ → 70+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 50+ → 60+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 50+ → 40+ down after 4 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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BugHerd 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Marker.io – Visual Website Feedback 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Feedbucket – Website Feedback Tool 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Annotix – Visual Website Feedback & Annotation 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
PageProofer 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Previu – Visual Client Feedback for Elementor 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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