Best silent plugins for WordPress
The most popular silent plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Silent Update leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of Whisper Comment Reloaded (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “silent” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 silent plugins
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Silent UpdateThe most installed silent plugin, with 50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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Whisper Comment Reloaded10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 2 plugins tagged “silent”
Silent Update
Up in the last 7 days:173#20,252by Tomasz Dobrzyński11 years ago
Control whether update post's modification date or not.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Whisper Comment Reloaded
Down in the last 7 days:3,980#46,291by Joshua Parker15 years ago
Whisper Comment Reloaded is a WordPress plugin for commenters to control comment visibility for other viewers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day