Email Mentioned
This ultra light-weight plugin send a customizable notification email to each user/author mentioned in a comment.
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Email Mentioned shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.1 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Email Mentioned stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comments | >100 |
| >100 | |
| mention | >100 |
| mentions | >100 |
| referencia | #34 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Email Mentioned
From the official readme · v1.11Description
This ultra light-weight plugin send a customizable notification email to each user/author mentioned in a comment.
Mentions: A mention is an username preceded by the mention qualifier.
Username: This plugin will look for the username in display_names and logins. Multiple authors could be mentioned in a comment.
Qualifier: Can be a character but also a string.
The default qualifier is ‘@’ to work as in Twitter, but it could be changed via admin menu to be ‘#’ or even an string like ‘Mention:’ .
Email:
The email can be customized to include or not the whole comment in wich the mention is.
The email can be customized to add a reference to the mentioner profile at the site.
It is also possible to define email header and footer.
The email can include the URl to the comment in which he/she was mentioned
I18N:
This plugin is I18N (es_ES, en_US, fr_FR)
Any help with translations will be nice!
Installation
- Unload plugin, unzip it to /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Go to plugins Tab and activate it.
- Customize it in email-mentioned tab.
Changelog
1.0
- First version
- Langs: EN, ES, FR
1.01
- Little bugs fixed
- Optimized DB queries
- Added comments on code
1.1
- Fixed bug
- Look for the user name in display_name and login
1.11
- Sanitized POST values for admin options form
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FAQ
Email Mentioned: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Email Mentioned free?
Yes. Email Mentioned is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Email Mentioned safe to use in 2026?
Email Mentioned shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Email Mentioned?
Email Mentioned is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,037 times since it launched in June 2015. It was downloaded 64 times in the last 30 days.
Does Email Mentioned work with WordPress 7.1?
Email Mentioned is officially tested up to WordPress 4.1.42, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Email Mentioned last updated?
The latest version, 1.11, was released on January 2, 2016 (11 years ago).
Who makes Email Mentioned?
Email Mentioned is developed and maintained by Raulanton.
What are the best alternatives to Email Mentioned?
The most popular alternatives to Email Mentioned are Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Pro… (5M+ installs), Disable Comments (1M+ installs) and Antispam Bee (700K+ installs).
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