Best comment author plugins for WordPress
The most popular comment author plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hide Comment Author Link leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Remove links from comments (200+) and Admin Commenters Comments Count (100+). All 8 plugins tagged “comment author” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 comment author plugins
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Hide Comment Author LinkThe most installed comment author plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Remove links from comments200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0.
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Admin Commenters Comments Count100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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Disable Comment Author Links100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
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Export Comment Author Emails10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
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Comment Count Admin (by URL)10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Comments Moderation InfoFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “comment author”
Hide Comment Author Link
#6,918by Ataul Ghani1 year ago
Use Hide Comment Author Link plugin and easily disable comment author url from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove links from comments
Down in the last 7 days:47#11,975by Fivera10 years ago
This simple Plugin removes the website field in your comments and also hides all the hyperlinks from comment author user names.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Commenters Comments Count
Down in the last 7 days:27#14,950by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Displays a count of each commenter's total number of comments (linked to those comments) next to their name on any admin page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Disable Comment Author Links
Down in the last 7 days:22#16,146by Corey Salzano4 months ago
Prevents comment author names from linking to external websites.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Export Comment Author Emails
Up in the last 7 days:3,556#44,684by Md Jahidul Islam7 years ago
Export email address list from existing comments on your website. Export comment authors' name, email address and website url as CSV or Text file …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Count Admin (by URL)
Down in the last 7 days:5,788#45,374by Jan Teriete12 years ago
Displays a count of each comment authors total number of comments next to their name on the admin pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comments Moderation Info
#64,025by Jb Audras2 months ago
Display comments moderation infos such as last modified date, author of the edition. These informations are displayed in both the back-end and the fro …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day