Best discussion plugins for WordPress
The most popular discussion plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. bbPress leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Asgaros Forum (10K+) and No Page Comment (10K+). All 42 plugins tagged “discussion” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 discussion plugins
- 1.
bbPressThe most installed discussion plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 343 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Asgaros Forum10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 210 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
No Page Comment10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Disable Comments9K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 5.
WP First Letter Avatar2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 33 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
Decent Comments1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 20 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Forumax500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 8.
Ultimate Member400+ active installs. Rated 1.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.
Comment Notifier400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Post Comments as bbPress Topics200+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 18 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 42 plugins tagged “discussion”
bbPress
#426by John James Jacoby12 days ago
bbPress is forum software for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(343)
- Downloads
- 2K/day
Asgaros Forum
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,934by Asgaros16 days ago
Asgaros Forum is the best forum-plugin for WordPress! It comes with dozens of features in a beautiful design and stays simple and fast.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(210)
- Downloads
- 175/day
No Page Comment
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,938by 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
- 37/day
Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:6#2,262by wordpresssimpletools5 years ago
Completely disables comments functionality from backend and frontend. Just install it, nothing to configure!
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/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
- 15/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
Forumax
Down in the last 7 days:56#8,860by Spider Themes5 days ago
Build powerful communities with Forumax. A fully standalone, feature-rich forum plugin with voting, private replies, and Elementor integration.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Ultimate Member
Down in the last 7 days:89#9,224by Mykyta Synelnikov1 year ago
Integrate Ultimate Member with the forum plugin ForumWP.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 1.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Comment Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:78#9,509by Stefano Lissa2 months ago
Add comment subscriptions to the blog comment form.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Post Comments as bbPress Topics
Down in the last 7 days:46#11,155by Robin W16 days ago
Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(18)
- Downloads
- 22/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
BuddyPress First Letter Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:29#14,476by DanielAGW9 years ago
A WordPress-BuddyPress plugin to set fancy custom avatars for users with no Gravatar and no profile picture.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DMN (Hush)
Down in the last 7 days:54#14,573by DMN Creative3 years ago
The DMN (Hush) plugin allows you to disable comments on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comment Emojis for WP
Down in the last 7 days:99#15,512by Jayesh Chopda7 months ago
Add a lightweight emoji picker to the default WordPress comment textarea so visitors can insert emojis quickly.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbP Signature
Down in the last 7 days:22#16,063by Arjun S Kumar2 months ago
This plugin adds user signature support to bbPress 2.0.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bit Connect
Up in the last 7 days:5,239#17,033by Bit Apps10 days ago
Build a community, forum, feedback portal and public roadmap with posts, profiles, votes, discussions, notifications and moderation.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Gossiped Comments
Down in the last 7 days:2#17,580by gossiped1 month ago
Universal commenting system with cross-site profiles, reputation scores, and real-time analytics.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better bbPress Signature
#22,962by Arun Singh12 years ago
Better bbPress Signature is signature plugin to add option for member signature for bbPress forums
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CommentMailer
Down in the last 7 days:266#29,029by Huda Toriq19 years ago
Send automated email to your blog's commenters everytime you reply their comments on the blog's comment system.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Override Comment Deadline
Up in the last 7 days:370#32,487by Scott Nelle12 years ago
Allows you to enable comments on posts which are older than the comment deadline set in discussion settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbP Views
#35,301by Gautam Gupta15 years ago
This plugin adds some of the most-requested views for bbPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Radle
Up in the last 7 days:4,005#36,296by GBTI Network3 months ago
Seamlessly integrate Reddit discussions and publishing capabilities into your WordPress site. Every Radle feature is now free and open source.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
BBP Auto-Close Topics
#39,115by Brandon Allen11 years ago
BBP Auto-Close Topics will automatically close bbPress topics after an admin-specified time period.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dispito
#45,279by erik_cz13 years ago
The Dispito comment system replaces your WordPress comment system with your comments hosted and powered by Dispito.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Readable Names
Down in the last 7 days:298#45,482by anatol broder16 years ago
Asks commenters to write their names in the language that your blog uses.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Decode Reply Tool
Down in the last 7 days:8,263#45,855by Scott Smith12 years ago
This plugin allows your readership to reply to your posts via Twitter and App.net using a beautiful, simple reply tool.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Video Forum / QA / Discussion Board
#46,470by videowhisper2 years ago
Enhance community engagement with a video-enabled forum and Q&A board, supporting multimedia posts and monetization.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Override Comment Options
Down in the last 7 days:18,747#46,934by Jeff Starr4 days ago
Enables per-post override of "Automatically close comments on posts older than" option in the WP Discussion Settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ThreadTandem
Up in the last 7 days:18,613#49,338by Ichi2 days ago
Publish posts to Telegram and synchronize text comments with a linked discussion group, using native WordPress comments and moderation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 36/day
HaiDM Live Community Chat
Up in the last 7 days:22,618#49,812by Dang Minh Hai2 months ago
Lightweight real-time chatbox plugin with Dark/Light mode, AJAX messaging, and multi-language support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NexaBoard
Up in the last 7 days:10,075#54,716by nexaboard1 month ago
A community discussion forum for WordPress with multi-level forums, member profiles, moderation, subscriptions and template overrides.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gather Grove Communities
Down in the last 7 days:1,127#55,845by gturtle10820 days ago
Private member rooms for your studio: conversation, live campfires, member profiles and public pages, on your own WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kommentti
Up in the last 7 days:4,144#60,651by kommentti12 days ago
Hosted comments with a shared Kommentti account, inline sign-in and optional server-rendered HTML. No theme editing required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Era Comment Controls
#60,759by badea4 months ago
Disable WordPress comments globally, by content type, or automatically after a set number of days.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
CommentBy
#62,050by 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
BC Forum
Up in the last 7 days:5,558#63,891by Believe Creative1 year ago
A powerful forum plugin for WordPress, developed by Believe Creative, enabling question-and-answer discussions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Huddlespot Community
Down in the last 7 days:11,665#64,193by dimadee6 months ago
Build a branded online community right inside your WordPress site — no coding required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RoundTable Lite
#66,774by Rachel Parks3 months ago
Turn any WordPress page into a community discussion space with one shortcode. No separate forum software. No subscriptions. No technical setup.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anonelio
Down in the last 7 days:4,509#70,059by ikedajapan19 days ago
Anonymous forum-style comments with numbered replies, reply links, optional names, and pseudonymous IDs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CommentAura
Up in the last 7 days:1,929#70,262by Ibrahim Riaz1 month ago
A modern discussion layer for WordPress. Your comments stay native WordPress comments — always.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DiscusHub
Down in the last 7 days:9,435#70,677by MD. THOUHIDUL ISLAM1 month ago
An open-source community forum plugin featuring live search, user profiles, image uploads, moderation tools, syntax highlighting, and SEO schema.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LMComments
#71,153by lmcomments1 month ago
Modern, moderated comments for WordPress: threaded replies, reactions and one moderation dashboard. Connect in two minutes, no keys to copy.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day