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WP Side Comments

by Pierre Sylvestre · Uncategorized

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WP Side Comments create a new way to display comments like in medium.com network. It's based on SideComment.js

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
42 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 66/100
Support 70/100

42 health vs 56 average across 16,380 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈16 estimated

3.1K

Total downloads

since 2014

3.65★

Rating (adjusted)

2.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+81%

29

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4443 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,428 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+81% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Sep 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

now · peak 52

2830d downloads · Sep 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

WP Side Comments · #30361 you AnyComment · #3052 Bulk Delete Comments · #3091 Comments Like Dislik · #3228

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.

2.8Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

12.2y ago

latest release · v1.0.4

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.4 · 12.2y ago1.0.5 · 12.2y ago1.0.3 · 12.2y ago1.0.2 · 12.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈16

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations

10Installs · Sep 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 · 3 reviews

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5★
0 4★
1 3★
1 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
12.2y ago
Added
2014-07-03 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5.1
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Godaisies
    10.5y ago

    I see nothing in either posts or custom content type.

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  2. ★★★★★ vb078
    11.1y ago

    When I use this plugin I cant exclude a part of my most, and it add automaticly comments arear every wher in the selector I ask, it work. But it can be a little bit too much and destroy other js or slideshows structures (like bx-slider) Thx it a brillant work, trying to improve it !

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  3. ★★★★★ Saigesp
    12.1y ago

    It works fine. I had to change some little things but it’s still very useful. Recently, i noticed that it have an incopatibility issue with my page jquery. Change 5 stars to 3

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-02-02 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-31 10+ → 20+ up after 58 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-04 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-02 10+ → 20+ up after 29 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-03 20+ → 10+ down after 31 days in tier
  6. 2025-10-03 10+ → 20+ up after 7 days in tier
  7. 2025-09-26 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-09-25 10+ → 20+ up after 15 days in tier

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