Best comment plugins for WordPress
The most popular comment plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comments leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of PhpSword Disable Comments (200+) and MyCommentAuthors (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “comment plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 comment plugins
- 1.
CommentsThe most installed comment plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 30 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
PhpSword Disable Comments200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
MyCommentAuthors10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 3 plugins tagged “comment plugin”
Comments
Up in the last 7 days:17#9,337by graphcomment1 month ago
Don't disable comments — fix them. AI-assisted moderation, zero spam, ad-free — syncs back to your WordPress database. The Disqus alternative.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(30)
- Downloads
- 33/day
PhpSword Disable Comments
Down in the last 7 days:150#12,898by Pradnyankur Nikam4 years ago
Disable Comments from your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MyCommentAuthors
Down in the last 7 days:1,314#37,161by emuki6 years ago
Publish a list of your commentators and their number of comments for a certain month on a blog post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day