WordPress plugin comparison

Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients vs Disable Comments

Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients

by Rolf Allard van Hagen

1K+ installs5.0

Disable Comments

by WPDeveloper

1M+ installs4.7

At a glance

Disable Comments has more active installs: 1M+, against 1K+ for Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients.
On a typical day, Disable Comments is downloaded about 17,549 times, Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients about 13.
Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.7 from 282 reviews.
Disable Comments was updated more recently: Oct 25, 2026, against Sep 3, 2026 for Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients.
Disable Comments is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients.
Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients has been around longer: since 2010, against 2011 for Disable Comments.

Disable Comments leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients	Disable Comments
Popular rank	#6,109	#38
Active installs	1K+	1M+
Downloads, last 30 days	383	837.3K
Rating	5.0(4)	4.7(282)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.55	×1.82
Last release	2 months ago	16 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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