Best poke plugins for WordPress
The most popular poke plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BuddyPress Poke leads with 80+ active installs, ahead of Mention comment's Authors by Wabeo (70+). All 2 plugins tagged “poke” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 poke plugins
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BuddyPress PokeThe most installed poke plugin, with 80+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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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.
All 2 plugins tagged “poke”
BuddyPress Poke
Down in the last 7 days:179#17,448by BuddyDev6 years ago
BuddyPress Poke Plugin allow members to poke users just like facebook.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- 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