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Zeno Report Comments

by Marcel Pol · Security

Also makes 16 other plugins · 81.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin gives your visitors the possibility to report a comment as inappropriate. After a set threshold the comment is put into moderation.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
79 Health · B
Maintenance 81/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

79 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 90/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 62/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+123% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

143

now · peak 645

14330d downloads · Aug 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

Zeno Report Comments · #12695 you Safe Report Comments · #12454 Reported Comments · #48887

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.

715per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

1

releases in the last 12 months

8mo ago

latest release · v2.3.2

14

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.3.2 · 8mo ago2.3.1 · 1.2y ago2.3.0 · 1.2y ago2.2.0 · 1.2y ago2.1.4 · 1.3y ago2.1.3 · 1.8y ago2.1.2 · 2.1y ago2.1.1 · 2.4y ago2.1.0 · 2.5y ago2.0.4 · 2.7y ago2.0.3 · 2.7y ago2.0.2 · 2.8y ago2.0.1 · 2.8y ago2.0.0 · 2.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.3 75%
v1.4 12%
v1.5 6.5%
v2.1 6.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2020-08-18 · 1,385 observations

200Installs · Aug 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
2.3.2
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2016-07-31 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.1
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. askamanager
    1.2y ago

    This is a great, lightweight plugin that does exactly what it says it will do, and it’s working well on a high-traffic site. It’s the only one I could find that didn’t include a lot of extra functionality I didn’t want, and I like that I can set my own number for how many reports will result in a comment getting automatically sent back to moderation. The developer is also extremely responsive and helpful.

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  2. NicCrockett
    2.5y ago

    This plugin is a great addition to a moderator’s tool chest. It effectively allows users to report comments saving you time finding spammers and inappropriate comments. A recent update showing responses to threaded comments also helps authors understand how readers respond to their posts. The plugin author is helpful and responsive to feedback. Thank you for maintaining a simple yet powerful plugin!

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  3. Anonymous User 17951214
    5.8y ago

    Plugin works great, very useful!

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  4. Carlos Vázquez
    6.3y ago

    Fixed up. Now it works perfectly. Good support. Sorry about it, I cannot better qualify a plugin that does not work in a template than the ones that WordPress has by default. I understand that it works in other templates, but I have wasted a lot of time with this plugin and searched for all the possible information. My child template and my website are very advanced, and I don’t see the possibility of changing templates. A pity, I have tried it with other themes and it works wonderfully. This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Carlos Vázquez. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Carlos Vázquez. Reason: Upgrade

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  5. WMEric
    7.4y ago

    Thanks for this plugin as spammers are trying to find their way in on a very active site, users help me find them. Much is appreciated.

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  6. Jellico
    7.9y ago

    I’ve been for 3 weeks looking for a good “report comment” plug-in, it’s been really hard to find, until I stumbled upon this one.. This plugin works perfect, and if there is an issue, or an question, the creator, Marcel, are happy to lend a hand. You can really see that he cares about this plug-in and us, the end users. Unfortunately this plug-in don’t have many installs, and it wasn’t on the top 5 search results when I searched “report comment“, which I don’t understand, because if you are looking for a clean, fast and effective “report comment” plugin, this is it!

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  7. roxchou
    8.5y ago

    Just installed the plugin and it works works seamlessly with Hueman theme. Thank you!

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  8. Marcel Pol
    8.6y ago

    There are a few forks of Safe Report Comments, but this one is maintained.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 8 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Belgium) 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%
Polish 93%
German (Formal) 41%
German 16%
Italian 4%
Japanese 2%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-10-31 300+ → 200+ down after 35 days in tier
  2. 2024-09-26 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-09-25 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2024-09-22 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
  5. 2024-09-18 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2024-09-13 200+ → 300+ up after 58 days in tier
  7. 2024-07-17 300+ → 200+ down after 165 days in tier
  8. 2024-02-03 200+ → 300+ up after 26 days in tier

Competes with

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