Best mentions plugins for WordPress
The most popular mentions plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Display Tweets leads with 800+ active installs, ahead of BuddyPress Messaging Control (60+) and Twitter Mentions As Comments (40+). All 13 plugins tagged “mentions” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 mentions plugins
- 1.
Display TweetsThe most installed mentions plugin, with 800+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
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BuddyPress Messaging Control60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
Twitter Mentions As Comments40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Mention Links20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
MentionFetch10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
BuddyPress No Mentions10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago.
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Twitterply10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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Comments Users Mentions10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
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Twitter mentions in posts10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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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 13 plugins tagged “mentions”
Display Tweets
Up in the last 7 days:16#7,450by MatthewRuddy9 years ago
Display Tweets is an easy to use, future proof Twitter feed plugin that uses PHP to make requests to the v1.1 Twitter REST API.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BuddyPress Messaging Control
Down in the last 7 days:182#19,551by Venutius2 years ago
This plugin is a Swiss Army Knife for messaging, It allows the site admin to place restrictions on public and private messages including general rules …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter Mentions As Comments
Down in the last 7 days:205#22,916by Ben Balter13 years ago
Twitter Mentions as Comments scours Twitter for people talking about your site & silently inserts their Tweets alongside your existing comments.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mention Links
Down in the last 7 days:370#26,604by rtCamp2 years ago
This plugin lets you mention a user or a post (including Custom Post Types) in post content from the block editor. Type @ to link to an author or # to …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MentionFetch
#31,567by Serkan Emir5 months ago
Turn your media coverage into beautiful WordPress cards in seconds.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/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
Twitterply
#42,855by iwebslogtech12 years ago
Want to display your twitter feeds or Tweets on your website or blog or in the sidebar. This plugin uses PHP to make requests to the Twitter REST API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comments Users Mentions
#43,191by baxeico12 years ago
Allows to mention Wordpress users in a comment. The mentioned users will receive a notification email.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter mentions in posts
#44,353by Michal Ozogan13 years ago
Show tweets about your posts right under them.
- 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
- 1/day
AtMention in Comments
#46,273by Simpma1 year ago
A plugin that enables you to mention @comment__author in comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mir Admin Note
Down in the last 7 days:17,514#68,888by mirmehranarjmand3 months ago
Private internal notes for WordPress posts and pages with statuses, role-based access, @mentions, and dashboard notifications.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day