Best threaded comments plugins for WordPress
The most popular threaded comments plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. replyMail leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Nested Comments Unbound (10+) and Comments (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “threaded comments” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 threaded comments plugins
- 1.replyMail
The most installed threaded comments plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago.
- 2.
Nested Comments Unbound10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
CommentsFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Dadsoo Ajax CommentFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “threaded comments”
replyMail
Down in the last 7 days:84#21,622by bingu16 years ago
Enhance the threaded comments system of WordPress 2.7. When someone reply to your comment, send a email to you.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Nested Comments Unbound
Up in the last 7 days:8,348#38,531by CK MacLeod9 years ago
Enable open-ended maximum depth for nested comments, preserve comment-reply-links for all comments, keep the results readable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Comments
#55,427by cigan115 days ago
A fast, privacy-first Disqus alternative for WordPress: threaded comments, reactions, and ML spam filtering. No ads, no tracking, no data resale.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dadsoo Ajax Comment
Down in the last 7 days:12,634#73,264by Iman Shadmehri1 month ago
AJAX-powered comments with threaded replies, like/dislike voting, and full Elementor widget support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day