Global Toggle Comments
by Jack Reichert · Uncategorized
Toggle Comments allows you to turn globally WordPress comment functionality on or off.
45 health vs 59 average across 7,355 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3893 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
51
now · peak 162
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-07 40+ → 30+ down after 121 days in band
- 2025-02-06 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-02-01 40+ → 30+ down after 267 days in band
- 2024-05-10 50+ → 40+ down after 388 days in band
- 2023-04-18 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2023-04-14 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-04-11 60+ → 50+ down after 185 days in band
- 2022-10-08 70+ → 60+ down
Competes with
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Comments – wpDiscuz 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disqus Comment System 40K+ installs · 2.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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