Best ban plugins for WordPress
The most popular ban plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-Ban leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Banhammer (1K+) and Country Block (100+). All 21 plugins tagged “ban” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 ban plugins
- 1.
WP-BanThe most installed ban plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 27 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Banhammer1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 19 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Country Block100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
IP Ban80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 5.
Admin Country Allowlist80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Wp Restricted40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 7.
Spam Check for Asgaros30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Automatic Ban IP20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 9.
bad_ip WP20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
crawler-hunter10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 21 plugins tagged “ban”
WP-Ban
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,374by Lester Chan3 months ago
Ban users by IP, IP range, host name, user agent and referrer URL from visiting your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.7(27)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Banhammer
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,755by Jeff Starr3 days ago
Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(19)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Country Block
Up in the last 7 days:63#15,092by vpndeals2 months ago
Block or allow access by country using a local MaxMind GeoLite2 database, with IP, user role, and URL exceptions.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
IP Ban
Up in the last 7 days:64#17,570by w3prodigy16 years ago
Returns 'Page Not Found' 404 error message for IP's visiting your blog specified in the IP Ban option on the Discussion Options page.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Country Allowlist
Down in the last 7 days:3#18,013by Ric2 months ago
By far the simplest country allowlist plugin available. Locks admin panel and XMLRPC access to a given list of allowed countries.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp Restricted
Down in the last 7 days:50#22,624by Navdeep7 years ago
wp admin ban for all ip except one ip .
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam Check for Asgaros
Up in the last 7 days:41#24,945by guidve1 year ago
A simple and configurable spam filter for the Asgaros Forum plugin. Automatically detects blacklisted terms in posts and optionally bans spammers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Automatic Ban IP
Down in the last 7 days:105#27,645by KaizenCoders10 years ago
Block IP addresses which are suspicious and try to post on your blog spam comments.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bad_ip WP
Down in the last 7 days:421#27,691by Iridium Intelligence1 year ago
Lightweight WordPress firewall plugin to block malicious IPs, TOR nodes, and brute-force attacks with real-time sync and control.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
crawler-hunter
Down in the last 7 days:106#34,592by naimgr831 year ago
It is a simple but effective plugin. Stops spam bots by checking browser content. You can also add an ip address to the blacklist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ban Subdomain Emails
#38,046by jamiechong10 years ago
Prevent people from registering with emails that contain a subdomain to help reduce spam.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Register Filter
Up in the last 7 days:1,100#43,896by Tible Technologies9 years ago
Restringe el registro de usuarios en tu WordPress en función de las reglas que especifiques: lista negra de dominios, de extensiones, de nombres, filt …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatically Ban IPs
#51,853by Dinar Qurbanov7 years ago
automatically ban ips
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam to blacklist
Up in the last 7 days:6,275#54,794by proninyaroslav8 years ago
Adds IP from comment that marked as spam to standard WordPress blacklist.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yaurau-Ip-Blocker
#62,609by yaurau8 years ago
The plugin blocks IP-addresses on the entered IP-address, and temporarily blocks IP-addresses when exceeding the limit enter login and password and di …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Smart Analytics
Down in the last 7 days:1,494#69,840by Vinod Sebastian4 years ago
WP Smart Analytics provides insights into visitor analytics provides security to your WordPress installation. This mobile friendly plugin uses only en …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day