Best banned plugins for WordPress
The most popular banned plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Wp Restricted leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Notifier and IP Blocker (10+) and Yaurau-Ip-Blocker (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “banned” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 banned plugins
- 1.
Wp RestrictedThe most installed banned plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 2.
Notifier and IP Blocker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
Yaurau-Ip-BlockerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “banned”
Wp Restricted
Down in the last 7 days:98#22,628by Navdeep7 years ago
wp admin ban for all ip except one ip .
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Notifier and IP Blocker
#36,145by Mike Luskavets11 years ago
Notify a user about when he sent comment or form via Contact Form 7 and automatically blocked spammer IP by notifier users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yaurau-Ip-Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:13,347#62,507by 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