WordPress plugin comparison
Advanced Comment Form vs comment validation
At a glance
- Advanced Comment Form has more active installs: 4K+, against 80+ for comment validation.
- On a typical day, Advanced Comment Form is downloaded about 20 times, comment validation about 4.
- Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
- comment validation was updated more recently: May 25, 2026, against Jun 6, 2024 for Advanced Comment Form.
- comment validation is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.5.14 for Advanced Comment Form.
- Advanced Comment Form has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for comment validation.
Line by line
Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Advanced Comment Form |  comment validation |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #3,506 | #17,816 |
| Active installs | 4K+ | 80+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 505 | 102 |
| Rating | 5.0(19) | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.5.14 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.11 | ×0.37 |
| Last release | 2 years ago | 5 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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