WP Grade Comments
by Boone Gorges · Education
Also makes 33 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 …
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Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+29%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comments”, “course” and “privacy” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
64 health vs 69 average across 280 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Education plugin keeps 1.0%, across 176 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Education plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 487 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 487 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grade your tag | #5 | #20 | 0 |
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| course your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| privacy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comments”, “course” and “privacy” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 159 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
1.3y ago
latest release · v1.6.0 · 1 Jul 2025
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 193 days.
Install history since 14 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dafunksyourbrother7.0y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ iroller9.8y ago
This is a very useful plugin for student feedback.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tele-Cole10.7y 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.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP Grade Comments makes it easy for instructors who use WordPress in a course setting to give private feedb..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 776 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "privacy" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 90+ → 80+ down after 58 days in tier
- 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
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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Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Comments 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Consent API 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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