Best blackout plugins for WordPress
The most popular blackout plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SOPA Blackout Plugin leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Stop SOPA (10+) and Finnish Internet black day (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “Blackout” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 blackout plugins
- 1.SOPA Blackout Plugin
The most installed blackout plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 2.Stop SOPA
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 3.Finnish Internet black day
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.Go Dark
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “Blackout”
SOPA Blackout Plugin
#25,521by Ben Welch-bolen15 years ago
This plugin allows you to set SOPA blackout dates for your WordPress website. SEO friendly plus easy options to configure how often it's shown.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stop SOPA
#41,722by Ivan Churakov14 years ago
This plugin adds small protest box to your website and switch it to "Blackout Day" mode on 18th January 2012.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Finnish Internet black day
Up in the last 7 days:3,190#42,244by SipuliSopuli13 years ago
Provides easy way to participate Finnish Internet black day -event on 23.4.2013. "The day when Finnish Internet turns black."
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Go Dark
Up in the last 7 days:1,298#43,653by George Stephanis4 months ago
A general-purpose, SEO-friendly protest and blackout utility for WordPress. Schedule a period or manually force your website to go dark with customiza …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day