Best comments plugins for WordPress
The most popular comments plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Akismet Anti-spam leads with 5M+ active installs, ahead of Disable Comments (1M+) and Antispam Bee (700K+). All 1,182 plugins tagged “comments” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 comments plugins
- 1.
Akismet Anti-spamThe most installed comments plugin, with 5M+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,187 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Disable Comments1M+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 281 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Antispam Bee700K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 226 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 3,224 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Gravatar Enhanced100K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
Disable Comments100K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 25 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 7.Disqus Comment System
30K+ active installs. Rated 2.7 from 219 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.Throws SPAM Away
10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.Cookies for Comments
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 18 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 10.Subscribe to Comments
10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 14 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 1,182 plugins tagged “comments”

Akismet Anti-spam
#8by Automattic2 months ago
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 5M+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.2K)
- Downloads
- 41.8K/day

Disable Comments
#38by WPDeveloper14 days ago
Disable comments site-wide or by post type, delete existing comments in bulk, and block comment spam via REST API and XML-RPC. Multisite ready.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.7(281)
- Downloads
- 21K/day

Antispam Bee
#84by pluginkollektiv2 months ago
Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
- Installs
- 700K+
- Rating
- 4.8(226)
- Downloads
- 2.3K/day

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk
#239by CleanTalk Inc10 days ago
Advanced antispam for comments, registrations & contact forms. No CAPTCHA, plus email validation and honeypot. We catch spam others miss!
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(3.2K)
- Downloads
- 5.3K/day

Gravatar Enhanced
Up in the last 7 days:4#283by Automattic8 days ago
The official Gravatar plugin, featuring privacy-focused settings, easy profile updates, and customizable Gravatar Profile blocks.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 240/day

Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:3#391by rbplugins1 day ago
Disable, hide, bulk-delete & auto-reply to comments and WooCommerce reviews — multisite-ready, with an AI Assistant PRO add-on.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.8(25)
- Downloads
- 604/day
Disqus Comment System
Down in the last 7 days:1#933by Disqus17 days ago
Disqus is the web's most popular comment system. Use Disqus to increase engagement, retain readers, and grow your audience.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 2.7(219)
- Downloads
- 439/day
Throws SPAM Away
#1,443by ウェブ屋のさとーさん2 months ago
A powerful anti-spam plugin that silently discards spam comments without showing any error page.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 67/day
Cookies for Comments
Up in the last 7 days:43#1,514by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)7 years ago
Sets a cookie on a random URL that is then checked when a comment is posted. If the cookie is missing the comment is marked as spam.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(18)
- Downloads
- 25/day
Subscribe to Comments
Up in the last 7 days:28#1,543by Mark Jaquith1 month ago
Subscribe to Comments allows commenters on an entry to subscribe to e-mail notifications for subsequent comments.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 72/day

Native PHP Sessions
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,597by Pantheon Systems11 months ago
Use native PHP sessions and stay horizontally scalable. Better living through superior technology.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 903/day

No Page Comment
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,936by Seth Alling11 months ago
An admin interface to control the default comment and trackback settings on new posts, pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 38/day

Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,260by wordpresssimpletools5 years ago
Completely disables comments functionality from backend and frontend. Just install it, nothing to configure!
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,336by QuantumCloud1 month ago
Remove Comment Author Link & Links from Comments, Unlink, Disable Comments, Delete All Pending Comments. AI Auto Comment Reply, Voice, Attachments
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.1(15)
- Downloads
- 80/day
Delete Pending Comments
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,383by Sudar Muthu2 years ago
A quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(94)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simply Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:9#2,434by handyplugins2 months ago
A simple way to fully disable comments on your WordPress.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Social comments by WpDevArt
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,481by wpdevart9 months ago
This plugin will help you display Facebook Comments on your website. You can use it on your pages/posts.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(42)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Spam Destroyer
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,968by Ryan Hellyer6 months ago
Kills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam!
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(54)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Bulk Delete Comments
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,991by 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
- 49/day

Remove noreferrer
Down in the last 7 days:125#3,127by gruz05 years ago
"Remove noreferrer" automatically removes rel="noreferrer" attribute from links on your website on-the-fly.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Native Emoji
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,130by Danny BS8 years ago
Insert emojis in your posts, pages, custom post types, and comments
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.7(19)
- Downloads
- 21/day
WP Comment Policy Checkbox
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,151by fcojgodoy2 years ago
Add a checkbox and custom text to the comment forms so that the user can be informed and give consent to the web's privacy policy.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 19/day

One Click Close Comments
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,192by 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:8#3,236by Happy Coders1 month ago
Like Dislike for WordPress Comments
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(38)
- Downloads
- 39/day

Kama SpamBlock
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,328by Timur Kamaev3 months ago
Light and invisible protection against basic automated comment spam. Pings and trackbacks check for real backlinks.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 32/day
Remove IP
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,345by guido11 years ago
A simple plugin to not log IPs from comments.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 16/day

chat-me-now
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,417by dfrankortiz5 years ago
Floating button that opens the WhatsApp chat to the technical support on turn. It allows asign the work schedule up to 2 employees.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Genial Comments
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,504by GenialSouls15 days ago
Add Disqus-powered discussions or use your theme's existing WordPress comments area with optional native-comment appearance presets.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 53/day

Advanced Comment Form
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,505by Rock Solid2 years ago
Advanced Comment Form lets you customize plenty of things on the default comment forms in WordPress.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 20/day
No External Links
Down in the last 7 days:8#3,608by mihdan1 month ago
Convert external links into internal links, site wide or post/page specific. Add NoFollow, Click logging, and more...
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Ajaxify Comments
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,701by David Stone2 months ago
Ajaxify Comments speeds up your comment section, allowing for lazy loading comments, instant comment posting, and seamless success and error messages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(91)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Disqus Conditional Load
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,961by Joel James1 month ago
Use Disqus comments with advanced features like lazy load, shortcode, widgets etc. Don't let Disqus to slow your site down.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(64)
- Downloads
- 32/day

La Sentinelle antispam
Down in the last 7 days:21#3,979by Marcel Pol19 days ago
Feel safe knowing that your website is safe from spam. La Sentinelle will guard your WordPress website against spam in a simple and effective way.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 48/day

Block List Updater
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,219by pluginkollektiv4 months ago
Automatic updating of the comment block list in WordPress with antispam keys from GitHub.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Relative URL
Down in the last 7 days:17#4,242by Sparanoid27 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
Better Recent Comments
Down in the last 7 days:21#4,502by Kestrel2 years ago
Provides an improved Recent Comments widget and a shortcode to display your recent comments on any post or page.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Comments Ratings
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,595by pixelgrade12 days ago
Convert comments into reviews for your visitors.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Simple Comment Editing
Down in the last 7 days:36#4,773by David Stone1 month ago
Allow your users to edit their comments for a period of time. Adjust the comment timer and save some admin headaches.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(55)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Lazy Load for Comments
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,945by Joel James1 month ago
Speed up your posts by lazy-loading the WordPress comments on scroll or click. Works with classic and block themes.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(28)
- Downloads
- 27/day

WP First Letter Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:30#4,968by DanielAGW9 years ago
Set custom avatars for users with no Gravatar. The avatar will be the first (or any other) letter of user's name on a colorful background.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(33)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Decent Comments
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,073by 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

Comments Form Star Rating Plugin for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,082by Chitraa2 years ago
Allow your customers to add star rattings in comment form.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Turn Comments Off
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,150by Happy Prime5 months ago
Turn comments off everywhere in WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Anti-spam Reloaded
Up in the last 7 days:10#5,214by kudlav2 months ago
No spam in comments. No captcha.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 14/day
No Comments On Pages
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,943no-comments-on-pages9 years ago
A tiny WordPress plugin which, when activated, disables posting of new comments to all pages and hides existing ones.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients
Down in the last 7 days:22#6,114by Rolf Allard van Hagen2 months ago
Control who will receive new comment and moderation notifications. Light weight, simple, safe and effective.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Reviews Plus
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,128by impleCode2 months ago
Reviews Plus activates rich reviews for selected content. Turns comments into reviews and provides 100% SERP compatible reviews system.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(15)
- Downloads
- 28/day
cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,135by 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
- 13/day

Lightweight Subscribe To Comments
Down in the last 7 days:13#6,326by 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
- 13/day
Hide Comments Feature
Down in the last 7 days:14#6,350by Vitor Carvalho9 years ago
Remove comments functionality and related in your Wordpress instance.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 10/day