Best mention plugins for WordPress
The most popular mention plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comment Mention leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Mentionable (100+) and Mention comment's Authors by Wabeo (70+). All 6 plugins tagged “mention” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 mention plugins
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Comment MentionThe most installed mention plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Mentionable100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 10 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Mention comment's Authors by Wabeo70+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 12 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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BuddyPress No Mentions10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago.
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ViperRep10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
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Email Mentioned10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 6 plugins tagged “mention”
Comment Mention
Up in the last 7 days:63#13,406by Bunty2 months ago
Tag and mention users in WordPress comments with @username — no BuddyPress needed! Notify tagged users via email. Supports bbPress & WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mentionable
Up in the last 7 days:35#15,313by Jonathan Bardo11 years ago
Mention WordPress content with inline autocomplete inside tinyMCE.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mention comment's Authors by Wabeo
Up in the last 7 days:8#18,828by Willy Bahuaud10 years ago
When adding a comment, your users can directly mentioning the author of another comment, like facebook or twitter do,using the "@" symbol.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.5(12)
- Downloads
- 4/day
BuddyPress No Mentions
#39,994by r-a-y16 years ago
Disable the @mentions capability in BuddyPress. Perfect for users who don't understand Twitter!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ViperRep
Up in the last 7 days:4,187#40,569by viperchill15 years ago
ViperRep is a reputation management plugin for Wordpress. It allows you to track mentions of your brand, your products, or even you name, around the w …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Email Mentioned
Down in the last 7 days:7,046#44,471by Raulanton11 years ago
Email Mentioned is a lightweight customizable -no coding needed- plugin to send an email to each user mentioned in comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day