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. Bulk Delete Comments leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of DCO Comment Attachment (5K+) and One Click Close Comments (5K+). All 285 plugins tagged “comment” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 comment plugins
- 1.
Bulk Delete CommentsThe most installed comment plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 13 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
DCO Comment Attachment5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
One Click Close Comments5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Comments Like Dislike4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 38 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Comment Reply Email Notification3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 33 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.Relative URL
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 26 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.
Decent Comments1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 20 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
Anti-spam Reloaded1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
Lightweight Subscribe To Comments1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 25 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 285 plugins tagged “comment”

Bulk Delete Comments
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,990by shahalomwordpress3 months ago
Effortlessly bulk delete comments or delete all comments from your WordPress site. Manage comments by type, post, or category with one-click cleanup o …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.8(13)
- Downloads
- 47/day

DCO Comment Attachment
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,031by Denis Yanchevskiy4 years ago
Allows your visitors to attach files with their comments
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 21/day

One Click Close Comments
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,193by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Conveniently close or open comments for a post or page with one click from the admin listing of posts.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Comments Like Dislike
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,234by Happy Coders1 month ago
Like Dislike for WordPress Comments
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(38)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Comment Reply Email Notification
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,633by Arno Welzel2 months ago
This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(33)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Relative URL
Down in the last 7 days:19#4,243by Sparanoid28 days ago
Relative URL applies wp_make_link_relative function to links to convert them to relative URLs.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.2(26)
- Downloads
- 45/day

Decent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,074by itthinx10 months ago
Decent Comments shows what people say. A more engaging way to show comments.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(20)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Anti-spam Reloaded
Up in the last 7 days:24#5,206by kudlav2 months ago
No spam in comments. No captcha.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification
Up in the last 7 days:16#6,112by Chip Bennett10 years ago
Send comment notification and comment moderation emails to multiple users. Select users individually or by user role, or send emails to arbitrary emai …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Lightweight Subscribe To Comments
Down in the last 7 days:5#6,317by isabel1042 years ago
Easiest and most lightweight plugin to let visitors subscribe to comments and get email notifications.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(25)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Simple No Comments
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,334by jitendra59849 years ago
Easiest plugin to disable/remove comments from complete site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Hide Comments Feature
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,344by Vitor Carvalho9 years ago
Remove comments functionality and related in your Wordpress instance.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DoFollow Case by Case
Down in the last 7 days:3#6,605by apasionados1 month ago
DoFollow Case by Case allows you to selectively apply dofollow to comments and make links in pages or posts nofollow.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(8)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Batch Comment Spam Deletion
Up in the last 7 days:18#6,799by Syed Balkhi9 years ago
Modifies the Empty Spam action in WordPress to process the spam deletion in batches instead of all at once.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP-HTML-Compression
Down in the last 7 days:6#6,890by Steven Vachon9 years ago
Reduce file size by shortening URLs and safely removing all standard comments and unnecessary whitespace from an HTML document.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(14)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Comments Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:5#7,012by Sirius Pro1 year ago
This plugin allows you to use a shortcode anywhere to display comments on WordPress pages and posts along with the comment form.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Comment Reply Email
Up in the last 7 days:23#8,850by treeflips1 year ago
Commenters can receive email notifications of replies to their comments.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Comment Approved Notifier Extended
Up in the last 7 days:3#8,891by ufukart6 days ago
Zero bloat, single purpose plugin that automatically sends email notifications when comments are approved. Lightweight and focused.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 10/day

En Spam
Up in the last 7 days:24#8,965by hatul1 month ago
Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or Captcha, install and forget the spam.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Comment Approved
Down in the last 7 days:22#9,320by nielsvanrenselaar8 years ago
Notify a user when their comment is approved.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(14)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Stop Comment Spam
Up in the last 7 days:23#10,315by pedjas1 year ago
Stop Comment Spam treats any comment by predefined rules to stop spam. It is supposed to be used as additional measure for any other antispam tool esp …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Remoji
Down in the last 7 days:12#10,602by WPDO4 months ago
Reactive emoji. Allow visitors to add emoji reactions to your posts and comments. Disable comment for pages, posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Custom Comment Form Title
Up in the last 7 days:1#10,696by Derek Rippe8 years ago
Engage your visitors and initiate discussion with more meaningful comment form titles, created on a post-by-post basis!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA
Up in the last 7 days:10#10,741by Eli1 year ago
A simple yet effective Spam Filter. A Widget and Shortcode to display Comments with Good Karma as Testimonials. Plus the ability to Move comments and …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Quotmarks Replacer
Down in the last 7 days:56#10,766by Sparanoid28 days ago
Quotmarks Replacer disables wptexturize function that keeps all quotation marks and suspension points in half-width form.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Remove Web Field From Comments Form
Down in the last 7 days:3#11,537by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin adds a new setting in the last position of Settings > General, this option will allow you to check if you want to remove the web field …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Letter Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:16#11,656by Sibin Grasic6 years ago
Sets custom avatars for users without gravatar. Avatars will be replaced by first letter of usename (or e-mail) on a colorful background
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 8/day
MP Spam Be Gone
Up in the last 7 days:13#11,783by MikesPickz5 years ago
MP Spam Be Gone is the simplest, most effective Spam blocker.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Raven's Antispam
Down in the last 7 days:18#11,888ravens-antispam16 years ago
Powerful and invisible fighter against comment spam.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Comment Form Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:29#12,284by Varni Infotech12 years ago
Comment Form Shortcode.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 6/day
코스모스팜 소셜댓글
Down in the last 7 days:11#12,412by 코스모스팜 - Cosmosfarm5 years ago
사용 할 수록 홈페이지가 자연적으로 홍보되는 차세대 소셜댓글 서비스 입니다.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Disable Comment Url
Up in the last 7 days:189#12,964by mastergraphiks9 years ago
Nice and simple plugin help you to remove URL from comment to avoid people to do spam comments by posting their urls to your website
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Editor Comments Plus
Down in the last 7 days:9#13,055by Neosnc5 years ago
Enhance your site's comments with the built in WordPress TinyMCE editor, inline comment editing and asynchronous comment posting.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Spam Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:218#13,159by KaizenCoders1 year ago
This plugins avoids spam actions on your website (comments and contact form if you use Contact Form 7).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 8/day
TinyMCE Visual Editor Comment
Down in the last 7 days:151#13,629by tranhoang10 years ago
Add the TinyMCE Visual Editor To The Comment Form in WordPress
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 4/day
No Comment Links
Up in the last 7 days:26#14,298by aaron4412610 years ago
When activated, disables automatic parsing and creation of clickable links in comments, including http, ftp, and e-mail links.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day

WP Comment Humility
Up in the last 7 days:142#14,437by John James Jacoby28 days ago
Move the Comments menu beneath Posts in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Last Comments Without Links
Down in the last 7 days:16#14,575by sinan isler12 years ago
This plugin does default wordpress widget but without links. It is only shows name and comment.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Admin Commenters Comments Count
Up in the last 7 days:3#14,936by 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
- 0/day

Remove Pingback-Trackback Comments
Down in the last 7 days:160#14,962by Pau Iglesias11 years ago
One step process to remove pingbacks and trackbacks and leave only real user opinions in your posts comments.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Simple Comment Notification
Up in the last 7 days:387#15,203by Beherit6 years ago
Sends an simply email notification to the comment author, when someone replies to his comment.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Comments
Down in the last 7 days:136#15,634by Rock Solid10 years ago
Customize and optimize comments in WordPress
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Remove Fields
Down in the last 7 days:39#15,724by Nabil10 years ago
Remove the website field from the comment form and also remove some other rarely used profile fields
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Vertical scroll recent comments
Down in the last 7 days:129#16,043by gopiplus3 years ago
Vertical scroll recent comments wordpress plugin will scroll the recent post comment vertically (bottom to top) in the widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Remove URL Field from Comment Form in GeneratePress Theme
Down in the last 7 days:40#16,108by Suraj Katwal4 years ago
This plugin helps to remove URL Field from comment form in GeneratePress Theme.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Comment Moderator
Down in the last 7 days:72#16,269by DraftPress Team4 years ago
Add a new user role, Comment Moderator, that allows any selected user to manage comments.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Delete All Pending Comments
Up in the last 7 days:174#16,363by Gravuj Miklos Henrich13 years ago
Delete all pending comments from your database easily.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Comment Validation
Up in the last 7 days:46#17,152by HK1 year ago
Post Comment Validation plugin helps you to set validation in default wordpress comment box amd email on same page insted of sending users to default …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP Comment Notifier For All
Up in the last 7 days:1#17,367by .fay10 years ago
Notify all Wordpress users (and not only the admin) on every comment approval.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Cat-Comment-Filter
Up in the last 7 days:8#17,576by 潘 俊熹14 years ago
过滤评论者或文章中不应该出现的词汇。
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day