Is Dan's Annotator free?

Yes, Dan's Annotator is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Dan's Annotator?

Dan's Annotator has 0 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

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Does Dan's Annotator work with the latest WordPress?

Dan's Annotator has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+.

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Dan's Annotator

Name: Dan's Annotator
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: lazardanlucian

Lightweight front-end annotation tool with threads, tagging, and collaborator sessions.

By lazardanlucian·Comments·Free

5(2 reviews)

·0 active installs·Updated 3 months ago

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As of April 2026, Dan's Annotator is a WordPress comments plugin with 0 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 225 times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

5/52 reviews

0active installs

225total downloads

1 yearsince 2025

Overview

Dan’s Annotator lets logged-in users (and email based collaborators) highlight elements on any page and discuss them in threaded comments. It adds a floating UI to create, browse, and close annotation threads, plus @-mentions with email notifications.

Features

– Custom database tables for threads, comments, tags, and collaborators (created on activation).
– Admin bar toggle to enable/disable annotation mode for logged-in users.
– Front-end badges showing counts and a side panel UI for reading/posting comments.
– @username tagging with autocomplete and email/admin-notice notifications.
– REST API endpoints used by the front-end JavaScript.
– Support for outside collaborators with email-based or link-based access.