Best friends plugins for WordPress
The most popular friends plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-DraftsForFriends leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Invite Anyone (1K+) and Friends (900+). All 26 plugins tagged “friends” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 friends plugins
- 1.
WP-DraftsForFriendsThe most installed friends plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Invite Anyone1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 26 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
Friends900+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
ExpressTechSoftwares Discord Add-on for Paid Memberships Pro600+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 20 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Enable Mastodon Apps500+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 6 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
BuddyPress Extended Friendship Request200+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
BuddyPress Automatic Friends200+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 8.
Mutual Buddies50+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 9.
Connect LearnDash to Discord30+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Connect Tutor LMS to Discord30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 26 plugins tagged “friends”
WP-DraftsForFriends
Down in the last 7 days:10#5,279by Lester Chan2 months ago
Now you don't need to add friends as users to the blog in order to let them preview your drafts
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Invite Anyone
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,595by Boone Gorges2 years ago
Makes BuddyPress's invitation features more powerful.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(26)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Friends
Up in the last 7 days:12#7,156by Alex Kirk25 days ago
A self-hosted social reader for WordPress: follow people via RSS and ActivityPub, with multiple themes and a plugin ecosystem.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 45/day
ExpressTechSoftwares Discord Add-on for Paid Memberships Pro
Down in the last 7 days:37#8,298by expresstechsoftware11 months ago
This add-on enables connecting your PMPro enabled website to your discord server. Now you can add/remove PMPro members directly to your discord server …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Enable Mastodon Apps
Up in the last 7 days:14#8,685by Alex Kirk25 days ago
Allow accessing your WordPress with Mastodon clients. Just enter your own blog URL as your instance.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
BuddyPress Extended Friendship Request
Up in the last 7 days:9#11,157by Brajesh Singh1 year ago
BuddyPress Extended Friendship Request plugin allows users to send a personalized message with the friendship requests.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BuddyPress Automatic Friends
Down in the last 7 days:370#12,453by Steven Word4 years ago
Automatically create and accept friendships for specified users upon new user registration. * Requires BuddyPress
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mutual Buddies
Down in the last 7 days:247#20,009by Paresh Radadiya9 years ago
Mutual buddies displays BuddyPress mutual friends of the logged in user & the user whose profile the user is looking at on the Profile page.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Connect LearnDash to Discord
Down in the last 7 days:118#23,934by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
Create a community of your students by connecting your LearnDash Website to your Discord server.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Connect Tutor LMS to Discord
#25,212by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
Create a community of your students by connecting your TUTOR LMS Website to your Discord server.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Refer a Friend Program for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1,088#28,185by storeya7 years ago
Create a customer referral program Now! Have your customers driving their friends to your store ready to make a purchase
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.9(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF)
Down in the last 7 days:252#29,024by quan_flo10 years ago
This plugin includes a new block inside each user profile page and includes a "Friend of a Friend (FOAF)" display.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Connect LearnPress to Discord
Up in the last 7 days:243#29,827by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
Create a community of your students by connecting your LearnPress Website to your Discord server.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Connect LifterLMS to Discord
Down in the last 7 days:304#32,202by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
Create a community of your students by connecting your LifterLMS Website to your Discord server.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Hyves
Up in the last 7 days:5,948#37,243by Dave Ligthart16 years ago
Import friends and Post to Hyves: a social networking website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Connect Restrict Content Pro to Discord AddOn
Up in the last 7 days:128#38,335by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
This add-on enables connecting your Restrict Content enabled website to your discord server. Now you can add/remove RCP customers directly to your dis …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Friends On-Line
#38,461by Slava Abakumov12 years ago
Plugin will display on your Friends page a new tab called Online with a list of currently online friends.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buddypress Friends
Up in the last 7 days:6,625#40,513by Adam Nowak15 years ago
This plugin adds a widget to Buddypress that displays the friends for the current user that is logged in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Today In History
Down in the last 7 days:6,373#46,090by bdoga14 years ago
Today In History provides a simple widget that displays notable events that have occurred previously on this day in history.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Mutual Friends
Down in the last 7 days:2,304#47,610by SuitePlugins5 months ago
List users' mutual friends in BuddyPress easily. One click install and setup.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Mass Messaging
Up in the last 7 days:7,475#61,784by Mohammad Imran1 year ago
User Mass Messaging is a WordPress plugin that allows users to send bulk messages to their friends directly from their profile connection tab.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Friend Product Links for woocommerce
Down in the last 7 days:8,932#71,004by eezznet3 months ago
A free P2P WooCommerce plugin for exchanging selected friend product links with local caching and aggregated performance stats.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day