Best moderator plugins for WordPress
The most popular moderator plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comment Moderator leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of WP NotifyComment (10+) and AI Moderator for BuddyPress (10+). All 9 plugins tagged “moderator” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 moderator plugins
- 1.
Comment ModeratorThe most installed moderator plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 2.
WP NotifyComment10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 3.
AI Moderator for BuddyPress10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 4.
Mindvalley Comments Moderator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
Lazy Moderator10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 6.
ShushThatNoise10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 7.
Free Net of ModeratorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 8.
LLM Moderator For wpForoFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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TestFlowFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “moderator”
Comment Moderator
Up in the last 7 days:124#16,295by DraftPress Team4 years ago
Add a new user role, Comment Moderator, that allows any selected user to manage comments.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
WP NotifyComment
#40,038by phd3814 years ago
WP NotifyComment is a very simple single pluggable function plugin with no widget interface. A mail is sent to the moderator when a new comment is pos …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Moderator for BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:2,612#45,246by Rajin Sharwar3 years ago
AI Moderator for BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin that uses OpenAI to automatically moderate your activity feed posts from BuddyPress and BuddyBoss.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mindvalley Comments Moderator
Down in the last 7 days:432#47,892by Mindvalley14 years ago
Create a custom role that enables only Comment Moderation actions and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lazy Moderator
#47,928by Phoenixheart12 years ago
Comment moderation for the lazy! Provides quick-yet-secure one-click links to moderate comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShushThatNoise
Down in the last 7 days:4,043#48,531by zingming16 years ago
Hide unwanted comments without deleting them. Readers can click on the "Show" link to read the buried comment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Free Net of Moderators
Down in the last 7 days:13,960#66,115by moderateit6 years ago
Maintaining a culture of online communication in the hands of the users themselves.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LLM Moderator For wpForo
#70,332by colaiasq Ali8 months ago
AI-powered context-aware moderation for wpForo using OpenRouter with standalone Moderator/Admin interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
TestFlow
#72,015by Ozgur Sar20 days ago
Session facilitator for WordPress Test Team members.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day