WP Grade Comments
by Boone Gorges · Education
Also makes 22 other plugins · 9.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Grade Comments makes it easy for instructors who use WordPress in a course setting to give private feedback and/or grades to post authors, all with …
67 health vs 66 average across 169 Education plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 427 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
79
now · peak 159
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.6.0
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. 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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2016-12-14 · 1,394 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dafunksyourbrother6.9y ago
Was looking for a way comments to only be visible to the author. This plugin does this capability. Just what I needed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iroller9.7y ago
This is a very useful plugin for student feedback.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tele-Cole10.5y ago
Is a good and updated alternative to the classic Grader plugin, thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 102 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 78 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-01 80+ → 90+ up after 376 days in tier
- 2025-08-21 70+ → 80+ up after 172 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 80+ → 70+ down after 148 days in tier
- 2024-10-05 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-04 80+ → 70+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2024-09-16 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-15 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-09-08 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
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