Best abuse plugins for WordPress
The most popular abuse plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comment Ban Manager leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Compassionate Comments (fewer than 10) and AntylaykaUA (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “abuse” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 abuse plugins
- 1.
Comment Ban ManagerThe most installed abuse plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Compassionate CommentsFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 3.
AntylaykaUAFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 3 plugins tagged “abuse”
Comment Ban Manager
#43,300by Joost5 months ago
Comment Ban Manager enables you to block ips and users from posting comments to your site
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Compassionate Comments
#48,998by Ian Dunn6 years ago
Encourages authors of toxic comments to re-phrase them to be more kind instead.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AntylaykaUA
#71,718by dim4havryluk6 years ago
"AntylaykaUA" is a plugin for censoring profane words and expressions. It is intended solely for articles. Often sites allow articles to be …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day