Description

Comment Mention lets you easily enable @mentions in your WordPress comments — no BuddyPress required!

When someone mentions a user by typing @username in a comment, the mentioned user receives an email notification. Perfect for blogs, communities, and discussion-based sites.

Key features:

Simple and lightweight — works with the native WordPress comment system.
Mention users by typing @username.
Sends customizable email notifications to mentioned users.
Backend settings to customize email subject and content.
Compatible with bbPress — mention users in forum topics and replies.
Compatible with WooCommerce – mention users in product reviews.

FREE Plugin Compatibility

bbPress – Mention users in topics & replies.
WooCommerce – Mention users in product reviews.

Watch it in action:

PRO Features

Upgrade to Comment Mention Pro to unlock advanced features:

Autocomplete search by first name, last name, or display name while mentioning.
Enable mentions in page comments.
Option to disable email notifications for mentions.
Future: Mention by first & last name (under development).
Extra controls for role-based mention restrictions.
Additional hooks and filters for developers.

🛠️ Go to wp-admin Comment Mention to enable pro features.
🔗 Get Comment Mention Pro

Note: Requires Comment Mention plugin v1.3.0 or higher.

Pro Plugin Compatibility

GamiPress — reward users with points, achievements, or ranks when they mention or get mentioned.
MemberPress — integrate mentions into membership sites.

GitHub Repository

https://github.com/BhargavBhandari90/comment-mention

Screenshots

Mention the user by typing @ in the comment box.
Admin settings screen to customize email notifications.

Installation

Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/comment-mention directory, or install via the WordPress plugins screen directly.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
Configure settings under Comment Mention in the admin menu.

Reviews

sunshineday77 March 15, 2024 1 reply

Such a helpful plugin. These days, people want the functionality of tagging others as well as being tagged and receiving alerts when they are mentioned, similar to when they’re on social media. This plugin adds that functionality even if you don’t use BuddyPress. Brilliant!

wonadoomore September 18, 2021

Works better than the bbpress styles pack

fakeologist July 26, 2021 1 reply

Got it working – good job. Also, clicking on @link brings up author page, and most commenters are not authors.

jonny-s May 9, 2021 1 reply

The author implemented requested features super fast. (Thanks for that!) Simple plugin, works well.

karanjhala December 3, 2018 1 reply

It is a simple yet Easy to use plugin that has been highly useful in my work. Kudos to the author who who helped me modify the logic as per my need in just 4 days! Highly recommend this over other similar plugins which either dont have the autocomplete feature or just dont send the email notifications. this does what the description suggests and then some!

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Contributors & Developers

“Comment Mention” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.7.19

Fixed – Mentioning users in bbPress topics and replies when bbp style pack is active.

1.7.18

Improvements for PHP 8.x.
Fixed – Displaying span tag in bbPress replies.

1.7.17

Fixed – Pro links displaying even when pro plugin was active.

1.7.16

Removed case sensitivity when searching for users.

1.7.15

Added option to enable avatars for mentioned users.

1.7.14

Improved mention script for pro plugin.
Added hooks for pro plugin.

1.7.13

Further improvements to mention script for pro plugin.

1.7.12

Mention script optimization.

1.7.11

Added cmt_mntn_comment_pre_content hook.
Updated mention script for pro features.

1.7.10

Fixed bbPress reply link.

1.7.9

Bug fix: Double quotes issue with email subject.

1.7.8

Added hook: cmnt_mntn_replace_mentioned_name.

1.7.7

Bug fix: Unable to mention users on freshly installed Comment Mention.

1.7.6

Fixed plugin update issue.

1.7.5

Minor bug fix.

1.7.4

Minor bug fix.

1.7.3

Added shortcode support for email subject.

1.7.2

Minor updates.

1.7.1

Minor bug fixes.

1.7.0

Updated mention script.
Minor bug fixes.

1.6.0

Added option to hide selected user roles when mentioning.

1.5.0

Added option to enable mentions for selected user roles.

1.4.6

JS & CSS optimization.

1.4.5

JS & CSS optimization.

1.4.4

Fixed: Not able to mention.

1.4.3

Fixed: Not able to mention.

1.4.2

Adjustments for pro plugin.

1.4.1

Adjustments for pro plugin.

1.4.0

Added TinyMCE support.

1.3.3

Minor bug fixes.

1.3.2

Updates for pro plugin.

1.3.1

Updates for pro plugin.

1.3.0

Updates for pro plugin.

1.2.5

Added actions and filters.

1.2.4

Added placeholders: #commenter_name#, #comment_content#.

1.2.3

Fixed AJAX issue with WP 5.5.

1.2.2

Fixed class issue for non-admin mentions.

1.2.1

Fixed mention issue with post comments.

1.2.0

Added bbPress compatibility.

1.1.0

Added language support.

1.0.1

Fixed double email issue for mentioned users.

1.0.0

Initial release.