Best blacklist plugins for WordPress
The most popular blacklist plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gravity Forms Email Blacklist leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Block List Updater (2K+) and Blacklist Manager (2K+). All 46 plugins tagged “blacklist” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 blacklist plugins
- 1.
Gravity Forms Email BlacklistThe most installed blacklist plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Block List Updater2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Blacklist Manager2K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 14 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
Gravity Forms Block Email Domains1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.BSK Forms Blacklist
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 12 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Comment Blacklist Updater800+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
CM E-Mail Blacklist700+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
Comment Blacklist Manager500+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 9.Mihdan
300+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 18 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 10.User Domain Whitelist
200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago.
All 46 plugins tagged “blacklist”

Gravity Forms Email Blacklist
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,047by CrossPeak5 months ago
Add-on for Gravity Forms to create a Blacklisting of specific emails or domains for the Email input field to throw a validation error or mark as spam.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(15)
- Downloads
- 61/day

Block List Updater
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,219by pluginkollektiv4 months ago
Automatic updating of the comment block list in WordPress with antispam keys from GitHub.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Blacklist Manager
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,480by YoOhw Studio5 days ago
Block risky WooCommerce orders, spam signups, and form submissions with blacklist rules plus built-in checkout email verification.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.6(14)
- Downloads
- 158/day

Gravity Forms Block Email Domains
Down in the last 7 days:48#6,106by GravityKit2 years ago
Easily set a list of email domains to block on email fields in Gravity Forms.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 13/day
BSK Forms Blacklist
Up in the last 7 days:7#6,123by bannersky1 year ago
Checks field content and block submitting base on your keywords. Blocking IP, Country is only supported in the Pro version.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Comment Blacklist Updater
Down in the last 7 days:38#7,602by apasionados6 months ago
Update "Comment Blacklist" spam terms to manage spam in forms and comments
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 9/day

CM E-Mail Blacklist
Down in the last 7 days:26#7,668by CreativeMindsSolutions26 days ago
Block unwanted email registrations on your site with this email blacklist plugin. Protect your site by preventing spam sign-ups.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 25/day

Comment Blacklist Manager
Down in the last 7 days:9#8,646by Andrew Norcross5 days ago
Remotely add terms to the WordPress Disallowed Comment Keys field to manage spam.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mihdan
Down in the last 7 days:1#10,035by mihdan6 years ago
Allow users to edit comments for a limited time, while admins can edit all comments.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day
User Domain Whitelist
Down in the last 7 days:75#11,195by Warren Harrison8 years ago
The User Domain Whitelist/Blacklist plugin limits user registration to only registrants with an email address from the domain white list provided by t …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gatekeeper
Down in the last 7 days:57#12,125by jamiewilson9 years ago
Gatekeeper allows administrators to take a WordPress site offline while leaving it accessible to authorized users for maintenance, testing, etc.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Contact Form 7 Blacklist
Down in the last 7 days:8#16,473by Webmonkey Solutions Kft8 years ago
Contact Form 7 Blacklist
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Exact Match Disallowed Comment & Contact Forms
Up in the last 7 days:984#16,974by Ryan Howard11 months ago
Change the default WordPress comment blocklist functionality to exact match and save entries marked as spam for review.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

SpamLock
Down in the last 7 days:62#17,903by Umar Jameel2 months ago
Block Elementor Pro form submissions using email, domain, or IP blacklist.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Blacklisted IP Adresses
Down in the last 7 days:101#18,549by Boldizar S. Santo9 months ago
This plugin allows you to block specific IP addresses from accessing your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Blacklister
Down in the last 7 days:74#19,252by Luke Mlsna14 years ago
Plugin tool for assembling lists of IP addresses, emails, and URLs from spam comments.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ShopGuard for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:239#19,549by onertheme4 months ago
Block customers in WooCommerce by email, phone, name, or IP address. Stop fraud, spam orders, and repeat offenders before they reach checkout.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Dolutech Blacklist Protect
Down in the last 7 days:286#22,118by Lucas Catão Moraes1 year ago
Proteção avançada WordPress: blacklists automáticas, bloqueio por país (MaxMind), anti força bruta, reCAPTCHA e proteção XML-RPC.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restrict Registration By Email for WP-Members
Down in the last 7 days:360#22,270by Stevish12 years ago
Restricts registration to email addresses listed within the options file. Assumes WP native registration is turned off.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BlackSwan
Down in the last 7 days:260#23,161by BlackSwanDev6 months ago
Block unwanted external HTTP requests in WordPress. Blacklist/whitelist management, resource blocking, and one-click pause.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blacklist & Whitelist Domains for Registration
Down in the last 7 days:9#23,760by codicone4 years ago
The whitelist/blacklist plugin gives you a strong layer of security for your website because not only does the plugin limits unauthorized user access …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Spam Check for Asgaros
Up in the last 7 days:4#25,094by 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
- 12/day

IP Blacklist for Cloudflare
Down in the last 7 days:143#26,347by Matt Miller15 days ago
Blacklist IP addresses that attempt to login with a banned username through Cloudflare.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Branching Software Order Fraud Protection for WooCommerce
#28,213by Branching Software1 month ago
Stop card testing and fraudulent orders. Blacklist by email, phone, IP, or address; auto-block repeat offenders; protect your WooCommerce checkout.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shift8 Woocommerce Postal Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:517#29,030by shift87 years ago
Plugin that allows you to input a list of postal / zip codes to block from ordering on your Woocommerce site. You can determine if you want to hide a …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPComment Blacklist support for Gravity Forms
#29,571by Usman Siddique7 years ago
Wordpress Comment Blacklist support for Gravity Forms adds WordPress default Comment Blacklist support to active gravity forms and prevents spam submi …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Blacklist keys manager
#36,867by tmatsuur11 years ago
The increase in efficiency of management of a comment blacklist is attained, and a spam comment is blocked.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

AIS
Down in the last 7 days:1,146#42,434by AIS TECHNOLABS4 years ago
Blocks malicious IP Addresses, Spammers and Hackers from accessing page without compromising the performance of your WordPress Website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PCrisk Trust Badge
Up in the last 7 days:14,331#43,401by pcrisk26 days ago
Click-to-verify trust badge and security seal, backed by real malware, phishing and blacklist scans. Free monthly monitoring; daily scans on paid.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
abuse.ch httpBL check
Down in the last 7 days:7,671#43,561by samsx16 years ago
This plugin checks if a visitor is listed on httpBL.abuse.ch.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tornevall Networks DNSBL Implementation
Up in the last 7 days:382#44,314by tornevall4 months ago
Tornevall Networks DNSBL implementation with FraudBL support for WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Back List
Down in the last 7 days:1,086#47,421by w3prodigy16 years ago
Adds Whitelist and Blacklist options for Trackbacks and Pingbacks
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Mail-Validator
Down in the last 7 days:7,766#48,143by kimpenhaus6 years ago
WP-Mail-Validator is an anti-spam plugin. It provides mail-address validation in 5 ways:
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DigitaleZen AntiSpam Shield for CF7
Up in the last 7 days:17,032#51,208by Riccardo Rosignoli2 months ago
Privacy-conscious spam protection for Contact Form 7 using a honeypot, signed timing token, rate limiting, and a local adaptive blacklist.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Geek Mail Blacklist
Up in the last 7 days:78#53,748by gongwan337 years ago
Block users with certain emails from registering to your WordPress site by adding blacklist rules.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comments Word Blacklist Manager
Down in the last 7 days:6,848#62,035by GeekParadize7 years ago
Remotely add known terms into the WordPress blacklist keys to manage spam
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Capably Digital Email Validation and Blocklist
Up in the last 7 days:5,664#62,731by Capably Digital2 months ago
Easily set up email blocklists and mx checking to reduce bounce rates and unwanted signups, reducing email volume and protecting sender reputation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AS Blacklist Customer
Up in the last 7 days:4,779#62,898by Akshar Soft Solutions1 year ago
Adds a blacklist notice to customers, shown on all past and future orders in admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kous Cash on Delivery Filter
Down in the last 7 days:3,080#68,907by kouskouris3 months ago
Restrict WooCommerce Cash on Delivery using email, international phone numbers, device fingerprints, and reference-only IP data.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

StoreFence
#69,743by Devnet1 month ago
WooCommerce customer blocklist: block or restrict checkout for customers by email, phone number, or both.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

exlink-safe-filter
Down in the last 7 days:19,606#70,918by C1G1 year ago
高级外部链接安全过滤插件,提供白名单、灰名单、黑名单分类管理及多种安全防护选项。
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RiskyBuyer
#71,237by Dan4 months ago
Flag problematic WooCommerce customers by phone or name and automatically mark their orders in the admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dead-Letter
Down in the last 7 days:17,385#72,377by SoftCreatR6 years ago
Dead-Letter.Email for Wordpress. Dead simple disposable email check that just works.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam to blacklist
Down in the last 7 days:10,517#73,457by proninyaroslav8 years ago
Adds IP from comment that marked as spam to standard WordPress blacklist.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day