Best following plugins for WordPress
The most popular following plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BuddyPress Follow leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of BuddyPress FollowMe (10+) and bbP Follow Users (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “following” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 following plugins
- 1.
BuddyPress FollowThe most installed following plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago.
- 2.
BuddyPress FollowMe10+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago.
- 3.
bbP Follow Users10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “following”
BuddyPress Follow
Down in the last 7 days:43#5,928by Andy Peatling9 years ago
Follow members on your BuddyPress site with this nifty plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(15)
- Downloads
- 12/day
BuddyPress FollowMe
Up in the last 7 days:2,219#45,321by meg@info13 years ago
Buddypress Follow Me is fork of BuddyPress Follow plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-followers/). buddypress-followers is now upda …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbP Follow Users
#47,022by kcbluewave89010 years ago
This simple plugin allows users to follow other members on bbPress . The users can view the latest posts and replies from their followed users in a wi …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day