Best mutual friends plugins for WordPress
The most popular mutual friends plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Mutual Buddies leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of BP Mutual Friends (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “mutual friends” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 mutual friends plugins
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Mutual BuddiesThe most installed mutual friends plugin, with 50+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 2.BP Mutual Friends
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “mutual friends”

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
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