Best ad blocker plugins for WordPress
The most popular ad blocker plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ad Unblock leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Detect AdBlock (20+) and Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector (10+). All 12 plugins tagged “ad blocker” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 ad blocker plugins
- 1.
Ad UnblockThe most installed ad blocker plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Detect AdBlock20+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Adtoniq Express10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
Sorry AdBlocker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 6.
AdqiroFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 7.
TrueSift Ad DetectFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Revenue ShieldFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
DeBlocker PlusFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 10.
WPSP Ad Blocker AlertFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 12 plugins tagged “ad blocker”
Ad Unblock
Up in the last 7 days:58#13,925by Bill Min2 months ago
Integrate your WordPress site with Ad Unblock service to recover ad revenue lost to ad blockers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Detect AdBlock
Up in the last 7 days:47#27,371by Alobaidi8 years ago
Detect AdBlock and prevent browsing when the visitor has AdBlock in the browser! Easy to use, just install it and activate it.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector
Up in the last 7 days:12,048#36,107by Marcin Dudek1 month ago
Detect ad blockers in 2 KB. Show or hide any content depending on whether your visitor uses an ad blocker — zero config, no external requests, no perf …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adtoniq Express
#41,816by davidadtoniq4 years ago
Maximize the value of your ad blocked audience.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sorry AdBlocker
Down in the last 7 days:5,647#45,575by Ukyo.will11 years ago
This plugin will detect users using AdBlock software Crystal and other AdBlock tools.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adqiro
Up in the last 7 days:8,458#56,056by pluginaddictor2 days ago
Detect common ad blockers and show visitors clear multilingual instructions for allowing ads on your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TrueSift Ad Detect
#58,003by webdigitech1 month ago
Privacy-conscious AdBlock detection and lightweight content protection for WordPress powered by TrueSift.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Revenue Shield
Down in the last 7 days:9,230#65,437by ekeskin20344 months ago
Protect your content and ad revenue. Detects adblockers and encourages users to whitelist your site, while providing an Enterprise-grade Web Applicati …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DeBlocker Plus
Up in the last 7 days:4,446#68,484by deblocker3 months ago
Detect visitors using an ad blocker and show a customizable, multilingual popup asking them to disable it to keep supporting your content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPSP Ad Blocker Alert
Down in the last 7 days:19,962#73,267by WP Small Plugins20 days ago
Detects visitors using ad blockers and shows a polite, customizable notification popup asking them to disable it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Acceptrics Consent Banner
Down in the last 7 days:5,582#73,846by Acceptrics1 month ago
GDPR-compliant consent banner with Google Tag Gateway (GTG) analytics recovery — get back data lost to ad blockers, no DNS changes needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AntiAdBlockCore
Down in the last 7 days:8,698#73,921by AntiAdBlock Core1 day ago
Recover lost ad revenue: detect ad blockers and show an anti-adblock message. Free plan, no payment method. Works with WP Rocket and LiteSpeed Cache.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day