Paginated Comments
Paginated Comments is a WordPress Plugin ** developed with SEO in mind ** that gives you the ability to break your comments into a number of search engine optimized pages.
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Paginated Comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 17 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 17 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 2.8 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Paginated Comments stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comments | >100 |
| multiple comments | >100 |
| paged comments | #61 |
| paginated comments | >100 |
| split comments | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Paginated Comments
From the official readme · v1.0.6Description
Paginated Comments is a WordPress Plugin ** developed with SEO in mind ** that gives you the ability to break your comments into a number of search engine optimized pages.
You can create pages based on size of comments (so that no page of comments is greater than a certain file size) or you can create pages based on number of comments per page (100 for example).
Some features include:
- Titles for each page of comments.
- Description and Keywords for each pages of comments.
- Paginate by size of all comments.
- Paginate by a number of comments.
- Personalize your Pretty Permalinks URI’s.
- Control page of comments post content.
- Handle this and more features within your WordPress Dashboard with a easily menu.
Support
You can find support at the plugin homepage
Support
Credits
This plugin is a fork based on the paged comments plugin by [Keyvan Minoukadeh] (http://www.keyvan.net/code/paged-comments/). Thanks to Gidibao at http://gidibao.net/ for taking the time to translate this to Italian!
Examples
You can see this plugin in action at http://www.badbedbugs.com/ under the Bed Bug Bite section.
Installation
- Unzip the package in an empty directory.
- Upload the entire directory “paginated-comments” to your WordPress Plugin Directory, default is: “/wp-content/plugins/”.
- Login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to the plugins section.
- Activate the Plugin.
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FAQ
Paginated Comments: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026
Is Paginated Comments free?
Yes. Paginated Comments is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Paginated Comments safe to use in 2026?
Paginated Comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 17 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Paginated Comments?
Paginated Comments is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 19,863 times since it launched in May 2008. It was downloaded 78 times in the last 30 days.
Does Paginated Comments work with WordPress 7.1?
Paginated Comments is officially tested up to WordPress 2.8.3, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Paginated Comments last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.6, was released on August 10, 2009 (17 years ago).
Who makes Paginated Comments?
Paginated Comments is developed and maintained by spiderbiteman.
What are the best alternatives to Paginated Comments?
The most popular alternatives to Paginated Comments are Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Pro… (5M+ installs), Disable Comments (1M+ installs) and Antispam Bee (700K+ installs).
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