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 …
Active installations20Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Mention Links version 1.0.4 as active, updated 2y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.6.
Overview
About this plugin
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 see it in Custom Post Types support setting.
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Important Links
GitHub – Please mention your wordpress.org username when sending pull requests.
License
Same GPL that WordPress uses!
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
cpt mentions
custom post types mentions
post mentions
user mentions
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.6
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.6.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.6
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Update activity22 Jul 20242y ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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