Comment Moderator
by DraftPress Team · Login & Users
Also makes 9 other plugins · 612.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a new user role, Comment Moderator, that allows any selected user to manage comments.
44 health vs 59 average across 1,443 Login & Users plugins
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 6.0.14.
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 1487 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
89
now · peak 100
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
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
4.1y ago
latest release · v1.3.9
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-09-29 · 1,382 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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rjburgess999.2y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ andreamarucci9.6y 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 tredici10.7y 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
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 D
- S ShushThatNoise – Ignorant Comment Hider 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
- B bbPress Moderation 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP-Blacklister 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Never Moderate Registered Users 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - C Comment URL Control 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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