WordPress plugin comparison

Lightweight Subscribe To Comments vs Disable Comments

Lightweight Subscribe To Comments

by isabel104

1K+ installs4.9

Disable Comments

by rbplugins

100K+ installs3.8

At a glance

Disable Comments has more active installs: 100K+, against 1K+ for Lightweight Subscribe To Comments.
On a typical day, Disable Comments is downloaded about 649 times, Lightweight Subscribe To Comments about 12.
Lightweight Subscribe To Comments is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 25 reviews, against 3.8 from 25 reviews.
Disable Comments was updated more recently: Nov 7, 2026, against Aug 30, 2024 for Lightweight Subscribe To Comments.
Disable Comments is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.6.11 for Lightweight Subscribe To Comments.
Lightweight Subscribe To Comments has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Disable Comments.

Disable Comments leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightweight Subscribe To Comments	Disable Comments
Popular rank	#6,322	#391
Active installs	1K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	366	51.8K
Rating	4.9(25)	3.8(25)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.6.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.11	×1.33
Last release	2 years ago	3 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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