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Top Commentators Widget

by Lorna Timbah · SEO

Also makes 1 other plugin · 210+ installs across the portfolio →

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Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 64 average across 1,225 SEO plugins

200+

Active installs

≈260 estimated

156.6K

Total downloads

since 2007

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+48%

102

Downloads · 30d

category median +22%

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+48% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

102

now · peak 263

10230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Top Commentators Wid · #11569 you Recent Posts Widget · #347 Image Widget · #402 Custom Sidebars · #442

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.

510per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.6

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.6 · 3mo ago1.7 · 3mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 45% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.6 45%
v1.4 36%
v1.5 12%
v1.3 6.7%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈260

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-03-17 · 1,391 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.6
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2007-10-04 · 18 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Appu Srva
    7.0y ago

    So easy to set-up, and it works beautifully.

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  2. ★★★★★ Mango Flower
    11.9y ago

    I love this a lot. Could you believe that two days ago I was asking a friend about how to get Sidebar Widget to design my facebook page on my wordpress. Thank God I found one today!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Malay 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-02-04 300+ → 200+ down after 354 days in tier
  2. 2025-02-15 400+ → 300+ down after 328 days in tier
  3. 2024-03-24 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-03-23 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-03-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-03-21 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
  7. 2024-03-16 500+ → 400+ down after 295 days in tier
  8. 2023-05-26 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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