Spectacu.la Discussion
by Spectacula · Uncategorized
Spectacu.la Discussion adds threaded commenting with live AJAX comments to almost any WordPress Theme.
45 health vs 64 average across 4,319 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.41, 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 2107 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
150
now · peak 166
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-12 70+ → 60+ down after 122 days in band
- 2026-02-10 80+ → 70+ down after 320 days in band
- 2025-03-27 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-25 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-23 90+ → 80+ down after 227 days in band
- 2024-08-08 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-07 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-08-04 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Nav Menu Item Duplicator 500+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP Search Suggest 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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Mihdan: Ajax Edit Comments 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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