MM Comment Manager — Disable Comment Box, Hide Existing Comments and Stop Spam
by Mehraz Morshed · Security
Also makes 5 other plugins · 11K+ installs across the portfolio →
Remove comments functionality from your website!
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈890 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “disable comments” for “stop”. “disable comments” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “stop” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 46.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security 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 3 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 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| stop comments your tag | #6 | #17 | up 1 |
| hide comments your tag | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| remove comments your tag | #10 | #19 | 0 |
| disable comment | #15 | #24 | up 1 |
| stop | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| stop spam your tag | #17 | #22 | up 3 |
| disable comments your tag | #17 | #23 | down 3 |
| comments | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| comment moderation | #20 | #24 | down 5 |
| remove comment | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| website comments | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| remove spam comments | #23 | #24 | — |
| stop comment spam | #24 | #24 | 0 |
29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “disable comments” for “stop”. “disable comments” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “stop” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 13 Mar 2023 · 1,329 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.9K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.10 · 20 Aug 2026
12
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 900.
Install history since 12 Mar 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dtparkers2.0y ago
Latest update added a nag message to install other plugins.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ datto5102.0y ago
I was happy with this plugin until the nagging started to install other plugins from the developer
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sjonvugt2.2y ago
Does the job without bloat. It just works. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ranzuni3.1y ago
Thanks for this plugin. Its the best way to disable comments and avoid spams in website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Uday Chakma3.2y ago
Highly recommended plugin. Protected my website from spam comments.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 12 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Remove comments functionality from your website!"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,457 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "stop comments" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-09 900+ → 800+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-09-24 1K+ → 900+ down after 258 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 485 days in tier
- 2024-09-11 1K+ → 2K+ up after 102 days in tier
- 2024-06-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2024-05-17 800+ → 900+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2024-05-03 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-05-02 800+ → 700+ down 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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Commenti – Disable & Remove Comments, Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Daisy Comments — Disable Comments & Stop Spam 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Habibur Comment Blocker — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Replai Disable Comments & Stop Spam — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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