Comment Moderator
by DraftPress Team · Login & Users
Also makes 11 other plugins · 612.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a new user role, Comment Moderator, that allows any selected user to manage comments.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+61%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “comment”, “moderate” and “moderation” 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.
44 health vs 61 average across 2,203 Login & Users plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 10.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,476 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1548 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1548 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| moderate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| moderation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| moderator your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user role your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “comment”, “moderate” and “moderation” 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 127 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
4.2y ago
latest release · v1.3.9 · 5 Aug 2022
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.1 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 29 Sep 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rjburgess999.4y ago
This plug-in has excellent potential. However … when I tested it, it also gives people with ‘Comment Moderator’ permission the ability to edit existing posts and pages (they cannot post new article or pages, however). This means that I can’t use it as I do not want to give other people that level of power to change my site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andreamarucci9.7y ago
Fantastic plugin but it miss the possibility to notify the moderator about new comments, otherwise it deserve 5 star full…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ frank tredici10.8y ago
Great plugin. Exactly what I needed. I tried the “Moderator Role” plugin and it failed to do what it needed to. This is a newer plugin, has been updated more recently than the other mentioned plugin, does exactly what it says it will do, and will hopefully get more traction in the short-run and gain enhancements and improvements. Two Suggestions to get to 5-Stars: 1) implement a capability to email-notify the user that is set as the Comment Moderator so I (the Super Admin) do not have to 2) offer an option to hide the dashboard, or at least the link to My Sites. I just want the Comment Moderator to approve and delete comments and change his password — nothing else. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.1
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 "Add a new user role, Comment Moderator, that allows any selected user to manage comments."
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 733 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "moderation" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-09-15 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-09-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-09 200+ → 100+ down
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).
- M Mindvalley Comments Moderator 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
- S ShushThatNoise – Ignorant Comment Hider 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- B bbPress Moderation 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP-Blacklister 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Never Moderate Registered Users 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - C Comment URL Control 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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