Best reply plugins for WordPress

The most popular reply plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comment Reply Email Notification leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of ForumWP (800+) and Comment Email Reply (600+). All 30 plugins tagged “reply” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 reply plugins

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Comment Reply Email Notification
The most installed reply plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 33 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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ForumWP
800+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 12 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
3.
Comment Email Reply
600+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
4.
Comment Reply Email
500+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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bbPress Reply Titles
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago.
6.
WP Support Ticket
90+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
7.
@ Reply
90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
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bbPress auto subscribe for new topics and replies
80+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Comment Reply by Admins Notifier
80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
10.
replyMail
40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago.