WordPress plugin comparison

Simple Comment Notification vs Subscribe to Comments

Simple Comment Notification

by Beherit

100+ installs3.7

Subscribe to Comments

by Mark Jaquith

10K+ installs3.9

At a glance

Subscribe to Comments has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Simple Comment Notification.
On a typical day, Subscribe to Comments is downloaded about 70 times, Simple Comment Notification about 6.
Subscribe to Comments is rated higher: 3.9 out of 5 from 14 reviews, against 3.7 from 3 reviews.
Subscribe to Comments was updated more recently: Oct 6, 2026, against Apr 8, 2020 for Simple Comment Notification.
Subscribe to Comments is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.4.25 for Simple Comment Notification.
Subscribe to Comments has been around longer: since 2005, against 2016 for Simple Comment Notification.

Subscribe to Comments leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Simple Comment Notification	Subscribe to Comments
Popular rank	#15,282	#1,584
Active installs	100+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	146	13K
Rating	3.7(3)	3.9(14)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.4.25	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.77
Last release	6 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.4

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