Best discourse plugins for WordPress
The most popular discourse plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Discourse leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of PrimeTime WordPress + Discourse SSO (10+) and Discourse Widgets (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “discourse” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 discourse plugins
- 1.
WP DiscourseThe most installed discourse plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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PrimeTime WordPress + Discourse SSO10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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Discourse Widgets10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 3 plugins tagged “discourse”
WP Discourse
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,721by scossar2 months ago
This plugin allows you to use Discourse as a community engine for your WordPress website. The plugin is not a substitute for Disqus type commenting sy …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 46/day
PrimeTime WordPress + Discourse SSO
Up in the last 7 days:35#31,617by etcio11 years ago
This plugin provides single sign-on capabilities for Discourse using WordPress user authentication.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Discourse Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:5,478#37,899by TheNewAIGuru9 years ago
This plugins aims to provides widgets that make your discourse forum more visible in your wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day