Hypothesis
An open platform for the collaborative evaluation of knowledge.
4.9(7 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Hypothesis is a WordPress comments plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 23K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.9/57 reviews
200active installs
23K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Hypothesis is a web annotation tool that allows users to provide commentary, references, and insight on top of news, blogs, scientific articles, books, terms of service, ballot initiatives, legislation and regulations, software code and more. You can find out more at http://hypothes.is/
This plugin will allow you to automatically embed Hypothesis in your site.
Without this plugin, you would have to follow these steps, but with this plugin you only need to check some checkboxes, and you will be good to go.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.0 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
0.7.5
- Add support for WordPress up until v6.9
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