Best blocked plugins for WordPress
The most popular blocked plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Engines Blocked in Header leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Blocked in China (20+) and Adblock invite (Yes adblock) (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “blocked” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 blocked plugins
- 1.
Search Engines Blocked in HeaderThe most installed blocked plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Blocked in China20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Adblock invite (Yes adblock)
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.ReCaptcha JS Alert
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “blocked”

Search Engines Blocked in Header
Down in the last 7 days:28#11,266by Marcel Bootsman2 months ago
Display the 'Search Engines Discouraged' notification in the WordPress Toolbar if the blog_public option has been checked.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Blocked in China
Up in the last 7 days:1,173#26,379by Brandon Ernst1 month ago
Is your site available behind the Chinese Firewall? Check for free using the Blocked in China API.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Adblock invite (Yes adblock)
Up in the last 7 days:6,711#41,174by kepon11 years ago
Detects if the visitor have AdBlock (or another) plugin/extension installed and if not, gives URL to download it
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
ReCaptcha JS Alert
Up in the last 7 days:4,196#61,583by freemp2 months ago
ReCaptcha JS Alert provides the [recaptcha-js-alert] shortcode, which (if necessary) informs visitors of your website that a form requires JavaScript …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day