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disqus

Disqus matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around reducing support load and keeping customer conversations moving, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Support-heavy sites lose time when repeated questions, comments, chats, and unresolved issues are scattered across tools. The entry wedge is to group repeated conversation patterns, generate support-ready diagnostics, and route urgent threads before they become churn.

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Opportunity Summary

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Build a support triage and conversation operations plugin for support-heavy site owners, agencies, and community operators: Support-heavy sites lose time when repeated questions, comments, chats, and unresolved issues are scattered across tools. The first wedge is to group repeated conversation patterns, generate support-ready diagnostics, and route urgent threads before they become churn.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Support-heavy sites lose time when repeated questions, comments, chats, and unresolved issues are scattered across tools. Current stage: commercial watchlist.

Competitors

4 shown
Disqus Comment System 40.0K installs · 2.7
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 67.2weakness 46/11pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, bugs despite praise for reliable, value.

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Disqus Conditional Load 3.0K installs · 4.5
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 49.5weakness 28/26pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, bugs despite praise for quality, support.

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Evidence

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complaint Security_ Plugin Vulnerability Notification – Disqus Conditional Load Plugin

Security_ Plugin Vulnerability Notification – Disqus Conditional Load Plugin: users show security, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Security_ Plugin Vulnerability Notification – Disqus Conditional Load Plugin Is this still a supported project or a dead project? complaint I Got a Warning from Wordfence about this plugin

I Got a Warning from Wordfence about this plugin: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Recent Comments Widget · Regards, KC Hi, This warning means that a plugin has not been updated in 2 years or more, so Wordfence is showing this warning to you because the plugin might not be compatible with the recent WordPress versions, reported bugs may not be fixed and new security issues might not be addressed. complaint Manually Sync Comments never ends

Manually Sync Comments never ends: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Manually Sync Comments never ends I am trying to do a manual sync but it always freezes as it has only a few comments synced and never finishes syncing all of them. complaint 404 loading drcw2.css

404 loading drcw2.css: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Recent Comments Widget Advanced · 404 loading drcw2.css Hi there, In drcwa.php you load wp_register_style( 'cssrc', plugins_url( 'drcwa/drcw.css' ) ); wp_register_style( 'cssrcs', plugins_url( 'drcwa/drcw2.css' ) ); but the plugin actually doesn’t install to the folder ‘drcwa’ – it installs to ‘disqus-recent-comments-widget-advanced’ by default. complaint Plugin Causing Issues with Cron

Plugin Causing Issues with Cron: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Plugin Causing Issues with Cron Hello – This is now the 2nd time I have encountered this issue with this plugin and it causing problems with Cron to where it is preventing updates for other plugins to show in admin (including this plugin). complaint Doesn't appear to be working..

Doesn't appear to be working..: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Notify Post/Page Author · Love the idea, hopefully I’m doing something wrong. complaint Show single comment from each post

Show single comment from each post: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Recent Comments Widget · Show single comment from each post I installed this plugin, but now I’d like to customize it more deeply. complaint Syncing issues – cannot fix anything?!

Syncing issues – cannot fix anything?!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Syncing issues – cannot fix anything?! complaint Lot of potential, but no support.

Lot of potential, but no support.: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Lot of potential, but no support. complaint Watch out! You will never see your comments again!

Watch out! You will never see your comments again!: users show security, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · First of all I would like to say ‘hats down guys’, because you have absolutely KILLED what was once a very decent plugin. mixed Increase in spam comments in WordPress system

Increase in spam comments in WordPress system: users show security, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

pipDisqus – Lightweight Disqus Comments · Increase in spam comments in WordPress system I’ve moved to pipDisqus from the official Disqus plugin which I have used on my blog for several years. mixed Buddy Press & BBPress

Buddy Press & BBPress: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

pipDisqus – Lightweight Disqus Comments · Love the silly name. mixed Not getting comments to show, weird error in console

Not getting comments to show, weird error in console: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

pipDisqus – Lightweight Disqus Comments · Not getting comments to show, weird error in console Our Disqus comments broke some time ago using the standard Disqus plugin. mixed Check spam status?

Check spam status?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Notify Post/Page Author · Check spam status? mixed Layout fail

Layout fail: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Recent Comments Widget · You can check it here : http://www.vegactu.com/ Or here [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/36/2uhj.jpg/][IMG]http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1368/2uhj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL] Thank you ! complaint Not getting email

Not getting email: users show security, missing feature, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Notify Post/Page Author · Not getting email I have auto comment importing enabled (I think thats default?) in disqus plugin settings but I am not getting any emails on new comments on any of my posts. complaint Sync problems?

Sync problems?: users show bugs, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Mine doesn’t show any error message, but it’s not syncing! complaint Spam through WP Comments

Spam through WP Comments: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Spam through WP Comments Like the user mentioned here previously , we’ve been getting a lot of spam. complaint Error after update when using dsq_identifier_for_post() in theme

Error after update when using dsq_identifier_for_post() in theme: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Error after update when using dsq_identifier_for_post() in theme I have updated the Disqus for WordPress plugin in one of the WordPress applications and in the theme, I am using dsq_identifier_for_post($post) function. complaint Fatal Error – Newpaper Theme

Fatal Error – Newpaper Theme: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Fatal Error – Newpaper Theme The Newspaper theme is not working with Disqus, any solution? complaint It no longer works

It no longer works: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Recent Comments Widget · It no longer works This plugin came in very handy as javascript offered by Disqus does not wrap the link around recent comments. complaint Disqus official plugin has been compromised

Disqus official plugin has been compromised: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · I posted about it on their support forum here days ago and have not gotten a reply: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disqus-plugin-has-been-hacked/ The plugin is turned off and removed now to keep the site protected. complaint Bombed with spam comments

Bombed with spam comments: users show security, bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Bombed with spam comments I am receiving a lot of spam comments on the pages of my site, had to enable comment approval. complaint Spammy ads !

Spammy ads !: users show security, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Spammy ads ! complaint Slow down website, too many ads

Slow down website, too many ads: users show compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Slow down website, too many ads This is an horrible plugin. complaint too bad it insert affiliate links without you knowing

too bad it insert affiliate links without you knowing: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · too bad it insert affiliate links without you knowing this plugin is great as a commenting system. mixed Deletion failed: There has been a critical error on this website.

Deletion failed: There has been a critical error on this website.: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Deletion failed: There has been a critical error on this website. complaint Spam Comments Still Comig Through

Spam Comments Still Comig Through: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Spam Comments Still Comig Through Good day sir Please is there a way to stop spam comments coming in? complaint Disqus spam ads are inappropriate

Disqus spam ads are inappropriate: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Disqus spam ads are inappropriate Apparently Disqus does not monitor or block the spam ads, I have a client that is a doctor and I noticed that the comments area is loaded with inappropriate and often disgusting ads showcasing women in a horrific way. complaint Disqus was probably hacked

Disqus was probably hacked: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Disqus was probably hacked For two days now, every comment on Disqus has been automatically ‘liked’ by fake women’s profiles, inviting you to click on a link to ‘game-hacks.online’, which then redirects to other random sex dating sites. complaint Nope.

Nope.: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Comment attribution broken once disabled and re-enabled. complaint horrible because ads and spams

horrible because ads and spams: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · horrible because ads and spams In my website, i receive less and less comments because my readers have to go through a 1km of disqus ads to get to the comments, if only the mandatory comments were below the comments and not on top In my website, i receive less and less comments because my readers have to go through a 1km of disqus ads to get to the comments, complaint Fake/Spammy plugin never use it will put spammy ad’s on your site

Fake/Spammy plugin never use it will put spammy ad’s on your site: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Fake/Spammy plugin never use it will put spammy ad’s on your site it will put spammy ad’s/links on your website if you use and your visitor will start getting scammed because of this site never use this otherwise you will be in a big trouble because of site owner/manager it will put spammy ad’s/links on your website if you use and your visitor will start get complaint Suddenly: SPAM

Suddenly: SPAM: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · Suddenly: SPAM I have used Disqus for nine years to add comment functionality to my newsblog. complaint Innappropriate ads

Innappropriate ads: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Comment System · They’re always inappropriate and spammy, and often disgusting. complaint Bug Report: Critical Error and White Screen of Death (WSoD)

Disqus Conditional Load triggers a critical error and white screen on a WordPress Multisite setup, while the original Disqus plugin does not.

Disqus Conditional Load · The plugin triggers a critical error , resulting in a “White Screen of Death.” praise Working Great!

Working Great!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Working Great! praise The commenting system has dozens of Great Features

The commenting system has dozens of Great Features: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Comments by FastComments – Live, Privacy-First Comment System · The commenting system has dozens of Great Features I just created this account just to talk about how awesome Fastcomment is. praise Works Better than Disqus Conditional Load

Works Better than Disqus Conditional Load: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional JS Load · Works Better than Disqus Conditional Load Awesome job. praise Simply Works

Simply Works: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Disqus Conditional Load · Simply Works You really need to put a warning at the very top of your description that says DISABLE DISQUS COMMENTS PLUGIN BEFORE INSTALLING THIS.