WordPress plugin comparison

GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments vs Subscribe to Comments

GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments

by Evan Solomon

10+ installs5.0

Subscribe to Comments

by Mark Jaquith

10K+ installs3.9

At a glance

Subscribe to Comments has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments.
On a typical day, Subscribe to Comments is downloaded about 70 times, GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments about 1.
GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.9 from 14 reviews.
Subscribe to Comments was updated more recently: Oct 6, 2026, against Mar 8, 2013 for GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments.
Subscribe to Comments is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.5.2 for GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments.
Subscribe to Comments has been around longer: since 2005, against 2013 for GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments.

Subscribe to Comments leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments	Subscribe to Comments
Popular rank	#43,285	#1,579
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	27	13.1K
Rating	5.0(1)	3.9(14)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.5.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.77
Last release	13 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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