Best adblock plugins for WordPress
The most popular adblock plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Clarity leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of CHP Ads Block Detector (800+) and AdUnblocker (200+). All 35 plugins tagged “adblock” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 adblock plugins
- 1.
ClarityThe most installed adblock plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
CHP Ads Block Detector800+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 25 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
AdUnblocker200+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 32 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
ZDN Adblock Detector100+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Block AdBlock100+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 26 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.Remove Disqus Ads
60+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 7.
Detect Missing Adblocker50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
JetBlocker30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
WP Adblock Dedect30+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
Gotham Block Extra Light30+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 35 plugins tagged “adblock”

Clarity
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,872by Stanislav Khromov1 year ago
Clarity is an ad blocker for your WordPress admin. It hides obtrusive plugin and theme notifications asking you to pay for upgraded version or to col …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 12/day

CHP Ads Block Detector
Up in the last 7 days:4#7,302by Klix Soft Private Limited4 months ago
Block Ads Blocker Extensions and Increase your revenue by using Ads Blocker Detector Plugin
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(25)
- Downloads
- 32/day

AdUnblocker
Down in the last 7 days:77#12,275by digitalapps1 month ago
Design custom Gutenberg recovery popups, measure adblock traffic, and learn which messages persuade visitors to allow ads.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 6/day

ZDN Adblock Detector
Down in the last 7 days:2#13,598by cuongquach8 months ago
Detects adblockers and shows a cloaking mask to users with active adblockers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Block AdBlock
Down in the last 7 days:1#16,118by Admiral8 years ago
Block AdBlock detects site visitors who have enabled adblocking software, and allows publishers to engage these users via customized display messages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.5(26)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Disqus Ads
Down in the last 7 days:17#19,677by redatom7 years ago
Remove annoying ads from Disqus Comments.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Detect Missing Adblocker
Down in the last 7 days:38#20,385by Stefan Bohacek2 months ago
Warn your website's visitors if they don't have an adblocker enabled.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day

JetBlocker
Up in the last 7 days:1,138#24,004by Vynatics1 month ago
Detect ad blockers, display configurable recovery messaging, and replace blocked third-party placements with first-party sponsor creatives.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Adblock Dedect
#24,491by Admiral9 years ago
Adblock detects and displays modal.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.3(15)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gotham Block Extra Light
Up in the last 7 days:226#24,619by Kapsule Corp2 months ago
This plugin detects if the user's browser has AdBlock software activated and displays a popup if this is the case (screenshot 1).
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.2(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AdBlock Detector
Down in the last 7 days:54#25,779by AdPushup10 years ago
Find out how many of your visitors are using ad blocking software.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Unblock Adblocker
Down in the last 7 days:154#26,997by jabedbd4 years ago
An Easiest solution for showing message to the user to whitelist the site on their adblocker
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

deAdblocker
Down in the last 7 days:257#27,056by deco.agency8 years ago
deAdblocker detects AdBlock users and ask them to whitelist your site. Behavior and messages are configurable. Simple.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 0/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

AdBlock X
Down in the last 7 days:785#34,742by AdBlockX10 years ago
Plugin designed to help you examine ad blockers' impact on your website(s) and take action against them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- 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
No Adblock
Up in the last 7 days:11,831#36,156by verblick14 years ago
This plugin will detect adblock users and blocking them from seeing your site content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
adBlock Alerter
Up in the last 7 days:11,227#36,443by SuperWebDev12 years ago
Detects if a user is using adBlock, adBlock Plus or any other software that might be disabling ads on your website and prompts them to disable it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ad Block Defender
#39,171by ipdmsolutions10 years ago
This simple ad block defender plugin detects if a user is using ad blocking software and asks them to reconsider if they are.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pro-AdBlock
#39,523by sergej_k8 years ago
This plugin shows a warning message to users that have no adblocker enabled.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anti-block
Down in the last 7 days:29#39,780by Buks Saayman9 years ago
Alert your visitors that they are using ad-blocking software and present them with a nice message telling them to switch it off for your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adblock invite (Yes adblock)
Up in the last 7 days:6,711#41,174by kepon11 years ago
Detects if the visitor have AdBlock (or another) plugin/extension installed and if not, gives URL to download it
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Adtoniq Express
Down in the last 7 days:2,194#43,018by davidadtoniq4 years ago
Maximize the value of your ad blocked audience.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Block Ads to Bitcoin
Down in the last 7 days:6,941#45,354by owocki11 years ago
Block Ads to Bitcoin is a wordpress plugin that allows publishers to monetize unused adspace when adblockers are on.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ad Blocking Alert
Down in the last 7 days:3,915#45,437by Dean Williams10 years ago
Detects if your visitor is using ad blocking plugins such as AdBlock, and if so will popup a message asking the visitor to disable or add an exception …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Outbound Links Monetization
Down in the last 7 days:1,551#46,489by Urlshortener.co10 years ago
This plugin will short automatically all the outbound links to monetize your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Anti-AdBlock Script
#47,475by Robin Heckmann10 years ago
Show your ads/popups despite of AdBlock with the intelligent anti AdBlock solution by Adbreach.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

TrueSift Ad Detect
Up in the last 7 days:17,713#49,872by 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

MK Adblock
#50,614by Mustafa KUCUK8 years ago
If your visitors uses Adblock, hide your elements, videos and show alert block!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Adqiro
Up in the last 7 days:10,445#55,124by 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
offadblock-wp
Up in the last 7 days:2,477#56,373by dualon9 years ago
The plugin reacts to the active adblock plugin, prohibiting or limiting the user's capabilities.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AntiAdBlockCore
Up in the last 7 days:1,767#56,639by 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
AdBlockly
#62,695by fahminlb338 years ago
AdBlockly redirect users whose uses AdBlocker when visiting your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DeBlocker Plus
Down in the last 7 days:21,851#70,388by 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