5. Content with User Mention

Displays a list of pages where a specific user is @mentioned in the page content. A mention is a direct @username reference inserted while editing a page. This macro helps teams find all content that references a particular person.

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Fig 12 - Content with User Mention macro rendered on a published Confluence page

5.1 Content & Filter Tab

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Fig 13 - Content with User Mention: Content & Filter tab

Required Fields

Field

Type

Description

Required

Mentioned User

User Search

Select one or more users. Results will include pages where any of the selected users is @mentioned in the page content. At least one user is required.

Yes

Optional Settings

Field

Type

Description

Required

Exclude Current Page

Toggle

Hides the page the macro is placed on from results. Default: off.

No

Add Filter

Filter Panel

Add optional filters to narrow results. See Section 2 for all available filters.

No

Sort By

Dropdown

Sort results by: Title, Created Date, Last Modified.

No

Descending / Ascending

Toggle

Toggle sort direction. Default: Descending.

No

What counts as a mention?

A mention is an @username reference inserted using the @ symbol in the Confluence editor.

Mentions in comments are not included - use Content by Contributor with the Comment by User filter for that use case.

If a user's profile is deleted, pages that mentioned them may no longer return results for that user.

5.2 Display, Layout & Advanced Tabs

These tabs are identical to Content by Author. Refer to sections 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4.

5.3 Use Cases

  • Stakeholder pages - find all pages that mention a project manager or decision-maker.

  • Person profile page - embed on someone's profile to show every page in the space that references them.

  • Offboarding - before removing a user, find all pages that @mention them so they can be updated.

  • Compliance and review - find all pages that mention a specific reviewer or approver.