Mention Links
This plugin lets you mention a user or a post (including Custom Post Types) in post content from the block editor. Type @ to link to an author or # to …
5(1 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Mention Links is a WordPress mentions plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Display Tweets.
5/51 reviews
20active installs
3.8K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
While writing contents from the block editor, type @ to get suggestions of users. On selecting a user it will create a link to authors page of that user.
To mention a post, type # and it will give you the list of all matching posts. On selecting a post it will create a link to the single post page.
Settings
This plugins adds a settings page under Settings -> Mention Links.
- Display username or display-name: This setting allows you choose whether to show user’s display-name or username when mentioning a user in a post.
- Custom Post Types support: Checking post types here will give you suggestions of posts from these post types.
Note: The posts suggestion list is retrieved from the WordPress REST API, so if a particular post type doesn’t support REST API then you might not se…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.4
- Compatible with the latest WordPress 6.4.1
- Added PHP 8.1 compatibility.
Contributors
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