WP Delete Comments
by embarkcode · Security
WP Delete Comments allows you to delete your Pending, Approved, Spam, Trash or All of your comments.
45 health vs 73 average across 243 Security 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2744 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
55
now · peak 149
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 “10+”. 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
- 2024-01-09 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in band
- 2023-11-19 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-18 20+ → 10+ down after 19 days in band
- 2023-10-30 10+ → 20+ up after 296 days in band
- 2023-01-07 20+ → 10+ down after 22 days in band
- 2022-12-16 10+ → 20+ up after 59 days in band
- 2022-10-18 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments & Delete All Comments 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A - S Spam Comments Cleaner 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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CRUDLab Disable Comments 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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