WordPress plugin comparison

Pending Comments Highlighter vs Subscribe to Comments

Pending Comments Highlighter

by szucsadam

10+ installs4.0

Subscribe to Comments

by Mark Jaquith

10K+ installs3.9

At a glance

Subscribe to Comments has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Pending Comments Highlighter.
On a typical day, Subscribe to Comments is downloaded about 72 times, Pending Comments Highlighter about 1.
Pending Comments Highlighter is rated higher: 4.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.9 from 14 reviews.
Subscribe to Comments was updated more recently: Oct 6, 2026, against Jan 31, 2025 for Pending Comments Highlighter.
Subscribe to Comments is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.7.11 for Pending Comments Highlighter.
Subscribe to Comments has been around longer: since 2005, against 2011 for Pending Comments Highlighter.

Subscribe to Comments leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Pending Comments Highlighter	Subscribe to Comments
Popular rank	#43,098	#1,584
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	34	13.1K
Rating	4.0(1)	3.9(14)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.7.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.77
Last release	1 year ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.4	7.4

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