Best anti-bot plugins for WordPress
The most popular anti-bot plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Baskerville AI Security leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of Shielda CAPTCHA (fewer than 10) and Puzzle Gate (fewer than 10). All 5 plugins tagged “anti-bot” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 anti-bot plugins
- 1.
Baskerville AI SecurityThe most installed anti-bot plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Shielda CAPTCHAFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Puzzle GateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
BlockBotsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.
Anti-Bot, Anti-Spam & Fraud Protection for WooCommerceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “anti-bot”
Baskerville AI Security
Up in the last 7 days:4,648#63,818by eQualitie10 days ago
Advanced WordPress security plugin with AI bot detection, GeoIP access control, CAPTCHA challenge, and optional AI cloud analysis.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Shielda CAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:4,707#69,162by mojtabaghasemi26 days ago
Official Shielda CAPTCHA plugin to protect WordPress, WooCommerce, and WPForms against automated bots, brute-force attacks, and spam.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Puzzle Gate
#71,448by wpsqr9 months ago
Stop bots in their tracks with a human-friendly puzzle CAPTCHA for WordPress logins.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BlockBots
#72,588by blockbotsorg19 days ago
Protection against bots and spam traffic. Filter bad bots locally, or connect your BlockBots cloud account for real-time cloud-based bot detection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Anti-Bot, Anti-Spam & Fraud Protection for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:12,645#73,846by emkaylabs3 months ago
Hardware-backed bot protection, anti-spam, and fraud prevention for WooCommerce. Stops scalper bots and fake orders at checkout with zero friction.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day