Best replies plugins for WordPress
The most popular replies plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. bbPress leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of bbPress (200+) and bbPress (200+). All 18 plugins tagged “replies” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 replies plugins
- 1.
bbPressThe most installed replies plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
bbPress200+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 12 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
bbPress200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 4.
bbPress Reply Titles200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago.
- 5.
bbPress Custom Reply Notifications80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Ozh' Absolute Comments20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago.
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DX Unanswered Comments20+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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bbPress20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Newest replies first in bbPress10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
bbPress Threaded Replies10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 18 plugins tagged “replies”
bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:5#10,125by SandyRig1 year ago
Sort topic replies in ascending or descending order for each bbPress Topic.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:19#11,450by Pippin Williamson10 years ago
A simple plugin to allow your bbPress users to mark their replies as private.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:22#12,702by Josh Eaton12 years ago
Give your bbPress forum users the ability to report inappropriate content or spam in topics or replies.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Reply Titles
Down in the last 7 days:94#12,835by Boone Gorges10 years ago
Add a Title field to bbPress replies.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Custom Reply Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:55#18,014by Pippin Williamson12 years ago
A simple bbPress extension to customize the email sent to forum & topic subscribers when a new topic or reply is posted.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ozh' Absolute Comments
Up in the last 7 days:5#26,831by Ozh15 years ago
Reply to comments from email notification
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX Unanswered Comments
Up in the last 7 days:92#27,711by Mario Peshev6 months ago
Filter your admin comments that have not received a reply by internal user yet.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress
#27,803by Pippin Williamson12 years ago
Allows you to create and quickly insert pre-defined responses in bbPress forum topics.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Newest replies first in bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:592#30,994by Jeroen Peters4 months ago
WordPress plugin which makes bbPress show the newest replies first in all forums.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Threaded Replies
#32,196by Jennifer M. Dodd14 years ago
Add threaded (nested) reply functionality to bbPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shortnotes
Down in the last 7 days:223#32,331by Jeremy Felt1 year ago
Add a notes post type to WordPress. For your short notes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tagged User Notification
Up in the last 7 days:3,288#40,556by jstnlngls11 years ago
This plugin allows you to tag other registered users on your blog in a comment in order to bring them into a conversation they might otherwise be miss …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mention-Me Widget
#40,612by Thorsten Ott17 years ago
Simple widget to extend P2s (and other themes) functionality and display recent @replies for a logged in user in the sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
jQuery Comment Replies
Up in the last 7 days:2,301#43,245by Doodlebee12 years ago
Make your multi-level comment replies show on demand with a slick jQuery slideToggle() action.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress
#45,313by John James Jacoby8 years ago
Limit new bbPress content within wp-admin to super-admins
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress
#46,347by daniluk400012 years ago
A small plugin without settings will allow you to customize your answers on the forum in special style.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:10,379#48,462by Josh Eaton12 years ago
Lets the admin add "featured" or "buried" css class to selected bbPress replies.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Filtah
#71,933by Moustafa Brahimi1 year ago
Automatically reply to blog comments using AI providers like OpenAI or Groq for intelligent, contextual responses.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day