Best commenting plugins for WordPress
The most popular commenting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comments leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Gossiped Comments (80+) and Optin Comment Notifications (50+). All 11 plugins tagged “commenting” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 commenting plugins
- 1.
CommentsThe most installed commenting plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 2.
Gossiped Comments80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Optin Comment Notifications50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 4.
Muut50+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 19 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.0.
- 5.
Google+ Comments30+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 10 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 6.
Sided20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 7.
Always Allow Admin Comments10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 8.
Jetpack Follow Link for P210+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 9.
CommentByFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 11 plugins tagged “commenting”
Comments
Down in the last 7 days:50#15,572by Rock Solid10 years ago
Customize and optimize comments in WordPress
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Gossiped Comments
Down in the last 7 days:281#17,551by gossiped1 month ago
Universal commenting system with cross-site profiles, reputation scores, and real-time analytics.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Optin Comment Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:320#20,390by Scott Reilly7 years ago
Allows users to opt into receiving a notification email whenever a comment is made to the site.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Muut
#21,219by Paul11 years ago
Muut represents a complete re-imagination of what internet discussion forums and commenting should be. It’s a modern, fast, highly scalable discussion …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.9(19)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ Comments
#23,708by Alex Moss13 years ago
The Google+ Comments WordPress plugin makes it easier for you to setup, administer and customise Google+ comments from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.6(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sided
Up in the last 7 days:588#27,611by sided6 months ago
Use the Sided plugin to create and insert discussion polls into your content.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Always Allow Admin Comments
Down in the last 7 days:2,077#33,301by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Allow an admin user (when logged in) to always be able to comment on a post, even if comments are closed for the post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Jetpack Follow Link for P2
#40,667by Daniel Bachhuber14 years ago
Easily subscribe to a P2 comment thread without commenting using a "Follow" action link like WordPress.com has
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CommentBy
#68,042by ridbyte11 months ago
Replace Disqus with a privacy-first comment system. No tracking, no ads, 2x faster. GDPR compliant. 30-day trial available.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day