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Best live comments plugins for WordPress

The most popular live comments plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comments leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Comments by FastComments (30+) and Hibira Realtime (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “live comments” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 3 live comments plugins

  1. 1.
    Comments

    The most installed live comments plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 581 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Comments by FastComments

    30+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Hibira Realtime

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.

All 3 plugins tagged “live comments”